# pinging

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #45,586

## Definitions
1. The sound of a ping.
2. The act of sending a ping, as by a submarine or over a computer network.

## Easily confused with
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-piping)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-pining)
- **pissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-pissing)
- **pinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-pinning)
- **pitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-pitting)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-purging)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-punting)
- **printing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-printing)
- **pointing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-pointing)
- **plunging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-plunging)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piling-vs-pinging)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-pinging)
- **picking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pinging)
- **pending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-pinging)
- **panting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panting-vs-pinging)
- **panning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panning-vs-pinging)
- **penning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-pinging)
- **piecing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piecing-vs-pinging)
- **pegging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pegging-vs-pinging)
- **pimping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimping-vs-pinging)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ipnging`, `pigning`, `pingging`, `pingign`, `pingingg`, `pinginng`, `pingnig`, `pinigng`, `pinnging`, `pniging`, `ppinging`

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