# probing

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #22,181

## Definitions
1. That investigates or explores deeply; that attempts to elicit information that is concealed.

## Easily confused with
- **prong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-prong)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-prying)
- **proving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-proving)
- **prolong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-prolong)
- **pruning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-pruning)
- **proofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-proofing)
- **propping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-propping)
- **prodding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-prodding)
- **prowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-prowling)
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-probing)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poking-vs-probing)
- **pricing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricing-vs-probing)
- **praying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praying-vs-probing)
- **pooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooping-vs-probing)
- **pooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooling-vs-probing)
- **priming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priming-vs-probing)
- **phoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-probing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`porbing`, `pprobing`, `prboing`, `probbing`, `probign`, `probingg`, `probinng`, `probnig`, `proibng`, `prrobing`, `rpobing`

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