# tapping

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #10,293

## Definitions
1. An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
2. A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
3. The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.
4. A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.

## Easily confused with
- **typing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-typing)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-taxing)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-tasting)
- **tipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-tipping)
- **topping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-topping)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-tasking)
- **tripping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-tripping)
- **trapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-trapping)
- **toppling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-toppling)
- **trappings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-trappings)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tapping)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taping-vs-tapping)
- **talking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tapping)
- **tagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tagging-vs-tapping)
- **tanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-tapping)
- **tanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tapping)
- **tailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tapping)

## Common misspellings (8)
`atpping`, `tapipng`, `tappign`, `tappingg`, `tappinng`, `tappnig`, `tpaping`, `ttapping`

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