# peering

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,413

## Definitions
1. The act of one who peers; a looking around.
2. The act of carrying communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment.

## Easily confused with
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-peking)
- **Perrin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-perrin)
- **pending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-pending)
- **pouring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-pouring)
- **petting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-petting)
- **penning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-penning)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-purring)
- **piecing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-piecing)
- **pegging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-pegging)
- **piercing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-piercing)
- **pestering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-pestering)
- **pairing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-peering)
- **peeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeling-vs-peering)
- **peaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peaking-vs-peering)
- **peeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeking-vs-peering)
- **peeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeping-vs-peering)
- **pecking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-peering)

## Common misspellings (10)
`epering`, `peeirng`, `peerign`, `peeringg`, `peerinng`, `peernig`, `peerring`, `pereing`, `pering`, `ppeering`

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