# pinching

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #27,966

## Definitions
1. That pinches, or causes such a sensation

## Easily confused with
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinching-vs-pining)
- **pinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinching-vs-pinning)
- **pinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinching-vs-pinging)
- **pitching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinching-vs-pitching)
- **punching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinching-vs-punching)
- **picking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pinching)
- **piecing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piecing-vs-pinching)
- **patching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patching-vs-pinching)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ipnching`, `picnhing`, `pincching`, `pinchhing`, `pinchign`, `pinchingg`, `pinchinng`, `pinchnig`, `pincihng`, `pinhcing`, `pinnching`, `pniching`, `ppinching`

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