# prodding

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #45,014

## Definitions
1. The act of giving a prod.

## Easily confused with
- **proving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prodding-vs-proving)
- **pudding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prodding-vs-pudding)
- **proofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prodding-vs-proofing)
- **propping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prodding-vs-propping)
- **prowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prodding-vs-prowling)
- **providing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prodding-vs-providing)
- **producing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prodding-vs-producing)
- **probing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-prodding)
- **padding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/padding-vs-prodding)
- **plodding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plodding-vs-prodding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`pordding`, `pprodding`, `prdoding`, `proddign`, `proddingg`, `proddinng`, `proddnig`, `prodidng`, `proding`, `prrodding`, `rpodding`

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