# grasping

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɡɹæspɪŋ/ · frequency rank #20,939

## Definitions
1. Greedy, eager for wealth.

## Easily confused with
- **grazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grasping-vs-grazing)
- **grating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grasping-vs-grating)
- **groping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grasping-vs-groping)
- **grouping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grasping-vs-grouping)
- **gripping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grasping-vs-gripping)
- **grayling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grasping-vs-grayling)
- **gaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-grasping)
- **grading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grasping)
- **gasping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gasping-vs-grasping)
- **gassing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gassing-vs-grasping)
- **grabbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grabbing-vs-grasping)
- **granting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/granting-vs-grasping)
- **grafting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-grasping)
- **grappling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grappling-vs-grasping)

## Common misspellings (13)
`garsping`, `ggrasping`, `grapsing`, `grasipng`, `graspign`, `graspingg`, `graspinng`, `graspnig`, `graspping`, `grassping`, `grrasping`, `grsaping`, `rgasping`

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