# plating

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpleɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #24,275

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of plate

## Etymology
From plate + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **plying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-plying)
- **playing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-playing)
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-putting)
- **posting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-posting)
- **praying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-praying)
- **potting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-potting)
- **pouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-pouting)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-punting)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-porting)
- **platinum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-platinum)
- **pleasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-pleasing)
- **pleading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-pleading)
- **pulsating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-pulsating)
- **plain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plain-vs-plating)
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-plating)
- **plains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plains-vs-plating)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paving-vs-plating)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-plating)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-plating)
- **patina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-plating)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lpating`, `palting`, `plaitng`, `platign`, `platingg`, `platinng`, `platnig`, `platting`, `pllating`, `pltaing`, `pplating`

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