# pressing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,286

## Definitions
1. Needing urgent attention.
2. Insistent, earnest, or persistent.

## Easily confused with
- **processing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pressing-vs-processing)
- **pressuring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pressing-vs-pressuring)
- **passing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-pressing)
- **pissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pissing-vs-pressing)
- **pleasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleasing-vs-pressing)
- **praising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praising-vs-pressing)
- **prepping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prepping-vs-pressing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`perssing`, `ppressing`, `presing`, `presisng`, `pressign`, `pressingg`, `pressinng`, `pressnig`, `prressing`, `prsesing`, `rpessing`

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