# teaching

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,969

## Definitions
1. Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
2. The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.

## Etymology
From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-tearing)
- **tracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-tracing)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-teasing)
- **teaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-teaming)
- **tracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-tracking)
- **touching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-touching)
- **trashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-trashing)
- **teething** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-teething)

## Common misspellings (12)
`etaching`, `taeching`, `teacching`, `teachhing`, `teachign`, `teachingg`, `teachinng`, `teachnig`, `teacihng`, `teahcing`, `tecahing`, `tteaching`

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