# gasping

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,160

## Definitions
1. The act by which one gasps.

## Easily confused with
- **gazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-gazing)
- **gating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-gating)
- **gosling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-gosling)
- **groping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-groping)
- **gushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-gushing)
- **gauging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-gauging)
- **gassing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-gassing)
- **gusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-gusting)
- **grasping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-grasping)
- **gaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaming-vs-gasping)
- **gaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gasping)
- **gaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaining-vs-gasping)
- **gagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gagging-vs-gasping)

## Common misspellings (11)
`agsping`, `gapsing`, `gasipng`, `gaspign`, `gaspingg`, `gaspinng`, `gaspnig`, `gaspping`, `gassping`, `ggasping`, `gsaping`

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