# tasting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈteɪstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #12,151

## Definitions
1. A small amount of food or drink.
2. The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

## Etymology
From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending).

## Easily confused with
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-taxing)
- **testing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-testing)
- **texting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-texting)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-teasing)
- **tossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-tossing)
- **tilting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-tilting)
- **touting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-touting)
- **Tooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-tooting)
- **trusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-trusting)
- **twisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-twisting)
- **taunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-taunting)
- **trashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-trashing)
- **toasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-toasting)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tasting)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taping-vs-tasting)
- **talking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tasting)
- **tapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-tasting)
- **tagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tagging-vs-tasting)
- **tanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-tasting)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasking-vs-tasting)

## Common misspellings (10)
`atsting`, `tasitng`, `tassting`, `tastign`, `tastingg`, `tastinng`, `tastnig`, `tastting`, `tatsing`, `ttasting`

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