# pasting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #37,147

## Definitions
1. The act of applying paste to something, or affixing something using paste.
2. A defeat; a beating.

## Easily confused with
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-paying)
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-posing)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-paving)
- **patina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-patina)
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-putting)
- **pushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-pushing)
- **posting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-posting)
- **pissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-pissing)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-plating)
- **petting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-petting)
- **pausing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-pausing)
- **pitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-pitting)
- **phasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-phasing)
- **patting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-patting)
- **potting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-potting)
- **pouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-pouting)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-punting)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-porting)
- **planting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-planting)
- **postings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-postings)

## Common misspellings (11)
`apsting`, `pasitng`, `passting`, `pastign`, `pastingg`, `pastinng`, `pastnig`, `pastting`, `patsing`, `ppasting`, `psating`

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