# leaching

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈliːt͡ʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #40,778

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of leach

## Easily confused with
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-leading)
- **leaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-leaving)
- **leaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-leaning)
- **leaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-leaking)
- **leasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-leasing)
- **leaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-leaping)
- **learning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-learning)
- **loathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-loathing)
- **lynching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-lynching)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-leaching)
- **lacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-leaching)
- **lashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-leaching)
- **latching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latching-vs-leaching)

## Common misspellings (12)
`elaching`, `laeching`, `leacching`, `leachhing`, `leachign`, `leachingg`, `leachinng`, `leachnig`, `leacihng`, `leahcing`, `lecahing`, `lleaching`

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