# texting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtɛkstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,134

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of text

## Etymology
Blend of text + messaging, derived from text messaging

## Easily confused with
- **tilting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/texting-vs-tilting)
- **touting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/texting-vs-touting)
- **Tooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/texting-vs-tooting)
- **treating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/texting-vs-treating)
- **tweeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/texting-vs-tweeting)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-texting)
- **telling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-texting)
- **testing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-texting)
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-texting)
- **textile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/textile-vs-texting)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-texting)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-texting)
- **teaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaming-vs-texting)
- **tending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-texting)
- **teeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeming-vs-texting)
- **tempting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tempting-vs-texting)
- **teething** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teething-vs-texting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`etxting`, `tetxing`, `texitng`, `textign`, `textingg`, `textinng`, `textnig`, `textting`, `texxting`, `ttexting`, `txeting`

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