# policing

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #12,658

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of police

## Easily confused with
- **pricing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/policing-vs-pricing)
- **placing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-policing)
- **policies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/policies-vs-policing)

## Common misspellings (12)
`oplicing`, `ploicing`, `poilcing`, `polciing`, `policcing`, `policign`, `policingg`, `policinng`, `policnig`, `poliicng`, `pollicing`, `ppolicing`

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