# dripping

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #15,390

## Definitions
1. Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
2. The sound or action of something that drips.
3. The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.

## Easily confused with
- **driving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dripping-vs-driving)
- **dropping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dripping-vs-dropping)
- **drooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dripping-vs-drooping)
- **dipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dipping-vs-dripping)
- **drinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drinking-vs-dripping)
- **drilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drilling-vs-dripping)
- **drifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drifting-vs-dripping)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddripping`, `dirpping`, `driping`, `dripipng`, `drippign`, `drippingg`, `drippinng`, `drippnig`, `drpiping`, `drripping`, `rdipping`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dripping