# erecting

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #34,873

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of erect

## Easily confused with
- **erection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erecting-vs-erection)
- **exacting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erecting-vs-exacting)
- **expecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erecting-vs-expecting)
- **enacting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enacting-vs-erecting)
- **erectile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erectile-vs-erecting)
- **effecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/effecting-vs-erecting)

## Common misspellings (12)
`eercting`, `erceting`, `ereccting`, `erecitng`, `erectign`, `erectingg`, `erectinng`, `erectnig`, `erectting`, `eretcing`, `errecting`, `reecting`

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