# racing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,017

## Definitions
1. The sport of competing in races.

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

## Easily confused with
- **ring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-ring)
- **rain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-rain)
- **rang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-rang)
- **rains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-rains)
- **rainy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-rainy)
- **Raina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-raina)
- **rising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-rising)
- **riding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-riding)
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-rating)
- **racist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-racist)
- **ruling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-ruling)
- **racism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-racism)
- **raging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-raging)
- **raping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-raping)
- **rowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-rowing)
- **ravine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-ravine)
- **raving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-raving)
- **roving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-roving)
- **raking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-raking)
- **reading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-reading)

## Common misspellings (9)
`arcing`, `raccing`, `racign`, `racingg`, `racinng`, `racnig`, `raicng`, `rcaing`, `rracing`

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