# specifying

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #23,403

## Definitions
1. The act or process of stating or describing something clearly and exactly.

## Etymology
From Middle English specifieng, equivalent to specify + -ing.

## Common misspellings (16)
`psecifying`, `sepcifying`, `spceifying`, `speccifying`, `specfiying`, `speciffying`, `specifiyng`, `specifyign`, `specifyingg`, `specifyinng`, `specifynig`, `specifyying`, `speciyfing`, `speicfying`, `sppecifying`, `sspecifying`

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