# gating

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #49,349

## Definitions
1. An arrangement of gates.
2. The selective regulation or restriction of access to something.
3. The control of the flow of signals based on certain conditions or criteria.
4. A punishment whereby a student is prohibited from leaving the college grounds.

## Easily confused with
- **going** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-going)
- **Gavin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gavin)
- **giving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-giving)
- **gazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gazing)
- **getting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-getting)
- **grazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-grazing)
- **grading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-grading)
- **gearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gearing)
- **glaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-glaring)
- **grating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-grating)
- **glazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-glazing)
- **gifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gifting)
- **Gauteng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gauteng)
- **gnawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gnawing)
- **gutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gutting)
- **gauging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gauging)
- **gusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gusting)
- **granting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-granting)
- **grafting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-grafting)
- **gloating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gloating)

## Common misspellings (9)
`agting`, `gaitng`, `gatign`, `gatingg`, `gatinng`, `gatnig`, `gatting`, `ggating`, `gtaing`

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