# grafting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɹɑːftɪŋ/ · frequency rank #37,473

## Definitions
1. The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
2. The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
3. The transplanting of a portion of flesh, hair or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
4. A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

## Easily confused with
- **grazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-grazing)
- **grating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-grating)
- **Grafton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-grafton)
- **granting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-granting)
- **greeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-greeting)
- **grasping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-grasping)
- **grunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-grunting)
- **grayling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-grayling)
- **gating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-grafting)
- **grading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grafting)
- **gifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gifting-vs-grafting)
- **grabbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grabbing-vs-grafting)

## Common misspellings (13)
`garfting`, `ggrafting`, `graffting`, `grafitng`, `graftign`, `graftingg`, `graftinng`, `graftnig`, `graftting`, `gratfing`, `grfating`, `grrafting`, `rgafting`

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