# prospecting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,550

## Definitions
1. The act of one who prospects.

## Easily confused with
- **protecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prospecting-vs-protecting)
- **prospective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prospecting-vs-prospective)
- **projecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/projecting-vs-prospecting)

## Common misspellings (18)
`porspecting`, `pprospecting`, `propsecting`, `prosepcting`, `prospceting`, `prospeccting`, `prospecitng`, `prospectign`, `prospectingg`, `prospectinng`, `prospectnig`, `prospectting`, `prospetcing`, `prosppecting`, `prosspecting`, `prrospecting`, `prsopecting`, `rpospecting`

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