# landing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlændɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,634

## Definitions
1. An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
2. A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
3. A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
4. The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.

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

## Easily confused with
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-laying)
- **lining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-lining)
- **Landon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-landon)
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-leading)
- **lasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-lasting)
- **loading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-loading)
- **linking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-linking)
- **leaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-leaning)
- **lending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-lending)
- **longing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-longing)
- **Lansing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-lansing)
- **lashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-lashing)
- **lapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-lapping)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-loaning)
- **landline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-landline)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-landing)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-landing)
- **lacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-landing)
- **lagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lagging-vs-landing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`alnding`, `ladning`, `landding`, `landign`, `landingg`, `landinng`, `landnig`, `lanidng`, `lannding`, `llanding`, `lnading`

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