# routing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,011

## Definitions
1. The assignment of a route to anything.
2. A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.

## Etymology
From route + -ing.

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

## Common misspellings (10)
`oruting`, `rotuing`, `rouitng`, `routign`, `routingg`, `routinng`, `routnig`, `routting`, `rrouting`, `ruoting`

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