# practising

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #17,213

## Definitions
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.

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

## Easily confused with
- **praising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/practising-vs-praising)
- **practicing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/practicing-vs-practising)

## Common misspellings (16)
`parctising`, `ppractising`, `pracctising`, `pracitsing`, `practiisng`, `practisign`, `practisingg`, `practisinng`, `practisnig`, `practissing`, `practsiing`, `practtising`, `pratcising`, `prcatising`, `prractising`, `rpactising`

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