# greeting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,553

## Definitions
1. A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
2. The action of the verb to greet.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, greet + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **grieving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greeting-vs-grieving)
- **grueling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greeting-vs-grueling)
- **grunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greeting-vs-grunting)
- **greetings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greeting-vs-greetings)
- **getting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/getting-vs-greeting)
- **grating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grating-vs-greeting)
- **granting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/granting-vs-greeting)
- **greening** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greening-vs-greeting)
- **grafting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-greeting)

## Common misspellings (12)
`gereting`, `ggreeting`, `greeitng`, `greetign`, `greetingg`, `greetinng`, `greetnig`, `greetting`, `greteing`, `greting`, `grreeting`, `rgeeting`

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