# parsing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɑː.zɪŋ/ · frequency rank #34,628

## Definitions
1. The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program).
2. An instance of that act or process; a parse.
3. Any result of such an instance; a parse; an acceptation.

## Easily confused with
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-paying)
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-posing)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-paving)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-prying)
- **parson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-parson)
- **passing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-passing)
- **Parsons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-parsons)
- **pissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-pissing)
- **parting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-parting)
- **pausing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-pausing)
- **phasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-phasing)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-purging)
- **patting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-patting)
- **pulsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-pulsing)
- **pasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-pasting)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-purring)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-porting)
- **pursuing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-pursuing)
- **praising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-praising)
- **partying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-partying)

## Common misspellings (11)
`aprsing`, `parisng`, `parrsing`, `parsign`, `parsingg`, `parsinng`, `parsnig`, `parssing`, `pasring`, `pparsing`, `prasing`

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