# pleading

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpliːdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,386

## Definitions
1. The act of making a plea.
2. A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, plead + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **pleasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleading-vs-pleasing)
- **pledging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleading-vs-pledging)
- **plodding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleading-vs-plodding)
- **playing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playing-vs-pleading)
- **placing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-pleading)
- **pending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-pleading)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-pleading)
- **peaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peaking-vs-pleading)
- **planing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-pleading)
- **parading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parading-vs-pleading)

## Common misspellings (12)
`lpeading`, `pelading`, `plaeding`, `pleadding`, `pleadign`, `pleadingg`, `pleadinng`, `pleadnig`, `pleaidng`, `pledaing`, `plleading`, `ppleading`

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