# rooting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #14,010

## Definitions
1. A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
2. The process of forming roots or taking roots.
3. A method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
4. A hole formed by a pig when it roots in the ground.
5. The reflex a baby makes when hungry and seeking milk.

## Etymology
From Middle English rotynge (“rooting”); equivalent to root + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **rowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-rowing)
- **roving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-roving)
- **routine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-routine)
- **routing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-routing)
- **rotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-rotting)
- **rowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-rowling)
- **rousing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-rousing)
- **rusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-rusting)
- **rotating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-rotating)
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rating-vs-rooting)
- **rolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-rooting)
- **resting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-rooting)
- **rocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-rooting)
- **renting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-rooting)
- **roaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roaring-vs-rooting)
- **roaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roaming-vs-rooting)
- **robbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robbing-vs-rooting)
- **roofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofing-vs-rooting)
- **ranting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-rooting)
- **rafting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rafting-vs-rooting)

## Common misspellings (10)
`oroting`, `rooitng`, `rootign`, `rootingg`, `rootinng`, `rootnig`, `rootting`, `roting`, `rotoing`, `rrooting`

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