practising

Name: practising, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“practising” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,213. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,213
frequency rank, English: 4,417
“P” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Engaged in the practice of some activity or profession.

Corpus desk

Index EN-practising · practising · English

practising · rank #17,213 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #17,213
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 4,417
PHOTO-FINISH posh

Nearest frequency peer: posh (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Polly

82,791
pores

82,790
posh

82,789
practising

82,788
precaution

82,787
principally

82,786

What this shows “practising” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

practising vs praising

80% similar

practising vs practicing

90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for practising
Property	Value
Headword	practising
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#17,213
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “practising”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).practisinglands here:

#17,213

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “posh” (#17,212), “precaution” (#17,214), “pores” (#17,211). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “practising” is #17,213. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around practising, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,213 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for practising, with forms such as "parctising", "ppractising", and "pracctising". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "praising", "practicing", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From practise + -ing (suffix forming gerund nouns, and present participles of verbs). The correct English form is practising, spelled P-R-A-C-T-I-S-I-N-G.

Definition

1
Engaged in the practice of some activity or profession.
2
Relating to the practice of law by a legal practitioner; specifically, relating to a legal practitioner's status of being currently certified to practise law.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how practising appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

You really should seek advice from a practising solicitor.

Etymology

From practise + -ing (suffix forming gerund nouns, and present participles of verbs).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

parctising
ppractising
pracctising
pracitsing
practiisng
practisign
practisingg
practisinng
practisnig
practissing
practsiing
practtising
pratcising
prcatising
prractising
rpactising

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of practising - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "practising"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "practising"?

"practising" is spelled P-R-A-C-T-I-S-I-N-G.

What does "practising" mean?

As an adjective, "practising" means: Engaged in the practice of some activity or profession.

What words are commonly confused with "practising"?

"practising" is commonly confused with "praising", "practicing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "practising"?

From practise + -ing (suffix forming gerund nouns, and present participles of verbs). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "practising", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

precaution#17,214 reassuring#17,220 scattering#17,235 marvellous#17,182

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

principally16 variants skepticism16 variants familiarity16 variants articulated16 variants