# filtering

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #13,717

## Definitions
1. The process of passing something through a filter.
2. Something that passes through a filter.

## Easily confused with
- **fingering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filtering-vs-fingering)
- **faltering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faltering-vs-filtering)
- **festering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/festering-vs-filtering)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ffiltering`, `filetring`, `filltering`, `filteirng`, `filterign`, `filteringg`, `filterinng`, `filternig`, `filterring`, `filtreing`, `filttering`, `fitlering`, `flitering`, `ifltering`

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