# protecting

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹəˈtɛktɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,322

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of protect

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

## Common misspellings (16)
`portecting`, `pprotecting`, `proetcting`, `protceting`, `proteccting`, `protecitng`, `protectign`, `protectingg`, `protectinng`, `protectnig`, `protectting`, `protetcing`, `prottecting`, `prrotecting`, `prtoecting`, `rpotecting`

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