# latching

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #49,456

## Definitions
1. That latches.

## Easily confused with
- **laughing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latching-vs-laughing)
- **loathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latching-vs-loathing)
- **lynching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latching-vs-lynching)
- **leaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latching-vs-leaching)
- **launching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latching-vs-launching)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-latching)
- **lacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-latching)
- **lashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-latching)

## Common misspellings (13)
`altching`, `lacthing`, `latcching`, `latchhing`, `latchign`, `latchingg`, `latchinng`, `latchnig`, `latcihng`, `lathcing`, `lattching`, `llatching`, `ltaching`

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