# testing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,184

## Definitions
1. Difficult; tough.

## Easily confused with
- **texting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-texting)
- **tossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-tossing)
- **tilting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-tilting)
- **touting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-touting)
- **Tooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-tooting)
- **treating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-treating)
- **trusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-trusting)
- **tweeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-tweeting)
- **twisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-twisting)
- **toasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-toasting)
- **telling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-testing)
- **testify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testify-vs-testing)
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-testing)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-testing)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-testing)
- **teaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaming-vs-testing)
- **tending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-testing)
- **teeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeming-vs-testing)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasking-vs-testing)
- **tempting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tempting-vs-testing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`etsting`, `tesitng`, `tessting`, `testign`, `testingg`, `testinng`, `testnig`, `testting`, `tetsing`, `tseting`, `ttesting`

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