# spitting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈspɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #15,705

## Definitions
1. expectoration
2. An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal.

## Easily confused with
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spitting-vs-suiting)
- **sporting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spitting-vs-sporting)
- **spotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spitting-vs-spotting)
- **spouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spitting-vs-spouting)
- **splitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spitting-vs-splitting)
- **sprinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spitting-vs-sprinting)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siting-vs-spitting)
- **sitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-spitting)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setting-vs-spitting)
- **sifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-spitting)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-spitting)
- **shifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-spitting)
- **spinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinning-vs-spitting)
- **shutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shutting-vs-spitting)
- **shitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shitting-vs-spitting)
- **spilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-spitting)
- **skirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-spitting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`psitting`, `siptting`, `spiting`, `spititng`, `spittign`, `spittingg`, `spittinng`, `spittnig`, `sppitting`, `sptiting`, `sspitting`

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