# retaining

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹɪˈteɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,951

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

## Easily confused with
- **retiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retaining-vs-retiring)
- **retaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retaining-vs-retaking)
- **returning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retaining-vs-returning)
- **rethinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retaining-vs-rethinking)
- **retraining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retaining-vs-retraining)
- **raining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-retaining)
- **refining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-retaining)
- **remaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remaining-vs-retaining)
- **repairing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repairing-vs-retaining)
- **retailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retailing-vs-retaining)
- **regaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regaining-vs-retaining)
- **reclining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reclining-vs-retaining)
- **restraining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/restraining-vs-retaining)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ertaining`, `reatining`, `retaiinng`, `retainign`, `retainingg`, `retaininng`, `retainnig`, `retainning`, `retaniing`, `retianing`, `rettaining`, `rretaining`, `rteaining`

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