# rapping

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #21,041

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of rap

## Easily confused with
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapping-vs-rating)
- **raving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapping-vs-raving)
- **ripping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapping-vs-ripping)
- **reaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapping-vs-reaping)
- **rippling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapping-vs-rippling)
- **wrapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapping-vs-wrapping)
- **racing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-rapping)
- **raging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raging-vs-rapping)
- **raping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raping-vs-rapping)
- **raking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raking-vs-rapping)
- **raising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-rapping)
- **ranging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-rapping)
- **ranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranking-vs-rapping)
- **raining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-rapping)
- **raiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raiding-vs-rapping)
- **railing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/railing-vs-rapping)
- **racking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racking-vs-rapping)
- **ranting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-rapping)
- **rafting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rafting-vs-rapping)
- **ramming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ramming-vs-rapping)

## Common misspellings (8)
`arpping`, `rapipng`, `rappign`, `rappingg`, `rappinng`, `rappnig`, `rpaping`, `rrapping`

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