# Epping

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɛpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #43,627

## Definitions
1. A market town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL455025).
2. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
3. A city in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.
4. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
5. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia.
6. An industrial area of Cape Town, Western Cape province, South Africa.
7. A commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
8. A habitational surname.

## Etymology
From Old English yppe (“upland”) + ing (“meadow”).

## Easily confused with
- **Ewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/epping-vs-ewing)
- **eating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-epping)
- **ending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ending-vs-epping)
- **easing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/easing-vs-epping)
- **edging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edging-vs-epping)
- **Ealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ealing-vs-epping)
- **effing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/effing-vs-epping)

## Common misspellings (6)
`eping`, `epipng`, `eppign`, `eppingg`, `eppinng`, `eppnig`

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