# parting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #17,918

## Definitions
1. The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
2. The state of being parted.
3. A farewell, the act of departing politely.
4. The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
5. The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
6. The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
7. A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
8. The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
9. Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

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

## Easily confused with
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-paying)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-paving)
- **parton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-parton)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-prying)
- **patina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-patina)
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-putting)
- **passing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-passing)
- **posting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-posting)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-plating)
- **petting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-petting)
- **pausing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-pausing)
- **pitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-pitting)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-purging)
- **patting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-patting)
- **pasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-pasting)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-purring)
- **potting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-potting)
- **pouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-pouting)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-punting)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-porting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`aprting`, `paritng`, `parrting`, `partign`, `partingg`, `partinng`, `partnig`, `partting`, `patring`, `pparting`, `prating`

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