# receding

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #30,193

## Definitions
1. Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing.

## Easily confused with
- **reeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receding-vs-reeling)
- **Redding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receding-vs-redding)
- **renewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receding-vs-renewing)
- **reciting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receding-vs-reciting)
- **receiving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receding-vs-receiving)
- **recording** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receding-vs-recording)
- **rereading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receding-vs-rereading)
- **reading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-receding)

## Common misspellings (12)
`erceding`, `rceeding`, `recceding`, `recdeing`, `recedding`, `recedign`, `recedingg`, `recedinng`, `recednig`, `receidng`, `reecding`, `rreceding`

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