# spotting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,496

## Definitions
1. A spotted pattern.
2. The act of spotting or sighting something.
3. Vaginal spotting, the discharge of blood from the vagina at a time outside of one's usual menses.

## Easily confused with
- **spouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spotting-vs-spouting)
- **sprouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spotting-vs-sprouting)
- **sitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-spotting)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setting-vs-spotting)
- **shooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-spotting)
- **sporting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporting-vs-spotting)
- **shouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shouting-vs-spotting)
- **shutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shutting-vs-spotting)
- **scouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scouting-vs-spotting)
- **spitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spitting-vs-spotting)
- **soothing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soothing-vs-spotting)
- **shitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shitting-vs-spotting)
- **spoiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoiling-vs-spotting)
- **snorting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snorting-vs-spotting)
- **shorting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-spotting)
- **spoofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoofing-vs-spotting)
- **splitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splitting-vs-spotting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`psotting`, `soptting`, `spoting`, `spotitng`, `spottign`, `spottingg`, `spottinng`, `spottnig`, `sppotting`, `sptoting`, `sspotting`

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