# spacing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,795

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of space

## Easily confused with
- **Spain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spain)
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spring)
- **spying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spying)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-staring)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-staging)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-swaying)
- **spewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spewing)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-sparing)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-staking)
- **syncing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-syncing)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spiking)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-speaking)
- **spanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spanning)
- **spraying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spraying)
- **stacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-stacking)
- **spanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spanking)
- **spamming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spamming)
- **sparring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-sparring)

## Common misspellings (11)
`psacing`, `sapcing`, `spaccing`, `spacign`, `spacingg`, `spacinng`, `spacnig`, `spaicng`, `spcaing`, `sppacing`, `sspacing`

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