# patting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpætɪŋ/ · frequency rank #32,530

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is patted.

## Easily confused with
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-paying)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-paving)
- **Patton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-patton)
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-putting)
- **posting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-posting)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-plating)
- **petting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-petting)
- **pausing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-pausing)
- **pitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-pitting)
- **potting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-potting)
- **pouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-pouting)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-punting)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-porting)
- **planting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-planting)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-patting)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-patting)
- **patten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-patting)
- **patina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-patting)
- **passing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-patting)
- **parking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-patting)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aptting`, `pating`, `patitng`, `pattign`, `pattingg`, `pattinng`, `pattnig`, `ppatting`, `ptating`

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