# printing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹɪntɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,477

## Definitions
1. The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
2. Synonym of printed matter.
3. Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).
4. Handwritten characters that are not joined up.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, print + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **pruning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/printing-vs-pruning)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/printing-vs-punting)
- **pristine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/printing-vs-pristine)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pining-vs-printing)
- **pricing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricing-vs-printing)
- **pinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinning-vs-printing)
- **pitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitting-vs-printing)
- **panting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panting-vs-printing)
- **priming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priming-vs-printing)
- **pinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-printing)
- **painting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/painting-vs-printing)
- **pointing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointing-vs-printing)
- **planting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planting-vs-printing)
- **prancing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prancing-vs-printing)
- **paintings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paintings-vs-printing)
- **parenting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parenting-vs-printing)

## Common misspellings (13)
`pirnting`, `pprinting`, `prinitng`, `prinnting`, `printign`, `printingg`, `printinng`, `printnig`, `printting`, `pritning`, `prniting`, `prrinting`, `rpinting`

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