# pitting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,038

## Definitions
1. The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion.
2. The digging of a pit.

## Easily confused with
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitting-vs-putting)
- **posting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitting-vs-posting)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitting-vs-plating)
- **potting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitting-vs-potting)
- **pouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitting-vs-pouting)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitting-vs-punting)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitting-vs-porting)
- **printing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitting-vs-printing)
- **pointing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitting-vs-pointing)
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-pitting)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piling-vs-pitting)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pining-vs-pitting)
- **picking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pitting)
- **pissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pissing-vs-pitting)
- **parting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-pitting)
- **pinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinning-vs-pitting)
- **petting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/petting-vs-pitting)
- **panting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panting-vs-pitting)
- **patting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patting-vs-pitting)
- **pasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-pitting)

## Common misspellings (9)
`iptting`, `piting`, `pititng`, `pittign`, `pittingg`, `pittinng`, `pittnig`, `ppitting`, `ptiting`

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