# plumbing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈplʌmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,215

## Definitions
1. The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.
2. The trade or occupation of a plumber.
3. A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.
4. Practical, concrete work serving to support other work.
5. A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.
6. The genitourinary system.

## Easily confused with
- **pumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plumbing-vs-pumping)
- **plunging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plumbing-vs-plunging)
- **plugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plugging-vs-plumbing)
- **plucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plucking-vs-plumbing)

## Common misspellings (13)
`lpumbing`, `pllumbing`, `plmubing`, `plubming`, `plumbbing`, `plumbign`, `plumbingg`, `plumbinng`, `plumbnig`, `plumibng`, `plummbing`, `pplumbing`, `pulmbing`

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