# lasting

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,979

## Definitions
1. Persisting for an extended period of time.
2. Persisting forever.

## Easily confused with
- **Latin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-latin)
- **losing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-losing)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-laying)
- **Latino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-latino)
- **Latina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-latina)
- **letting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-letting)
- **listing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-listing)
- **lifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-lifting)
- **leasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-leasing)
- **looting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-looting)
- **Lessing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-lessing)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-lasting)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-lasting)
- **landing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-lasting)
- **lacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-lasting)
- **Lansing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lansing-vs-lasting)
- **lagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lagging-vs-lasting)
- **lashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-lasting)
- **lapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapping-vs-lasting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`alsting`, `lasitng`, `lassting`, `lastign`, `lastingg`, `lastinng`, `lastnig`, `lastting`, `latsing`, `llasting`, `lsating`

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