# reclining

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #32,554

## Definitions
1. Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
2. Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.

## Easily confused with
- **refining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reclining-vs-refining)
- **reliving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reclining-vs-reliving)
- **remaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reclining-vs-remaining)
- **retaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reclining-vs-retaining)
- **regaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reclining-vs-regaining)
- **reciting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reciting-vs-reclining)
- **receiving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receiving-vs-reclining)
- **realizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realizing-vs-reclining)
- **reckoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reckoning-vs-reclining)

## Common misspellings (14)
`erclining`, `rcelining`, `recclining`, `recilning`, `recliinng`, `reclinign`, `recliningg`, `reclininng`, `reclinnig`, `reclinning`, `recllining`, `reclniing`, `relcining`, `rreclining`

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