# exacting

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/ · frequency rank #30,787

## Definitions
1. Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
2. Of an action, task, etc., requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
3. Of a person or organization, characterized by exaction.

## Etymology
From exact + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **existing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exacting-vs-existing)
- **exciting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exacting-vs-exciting)
- **expecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exacting-vs-expecting)
- **eating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-exacting)
- **enacting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enacting-vs-exacting)
- **erecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erecting-vs-exacting)

## Common misspellings (12)
`eaxcting`, `exaccting`, `exacitng`, `exactign`, `exactingg`, `exactinng`, `exactnig`, `exactting`, `exatcing`, `excating`, `exxacting`, `xeacting`

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