# tossing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,508

## Definitions
1. The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.
2. The process of washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; tozing.
3. A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

## Easily confused with
- **toying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tossing-vs-toying)
- **touring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tossing-vs-touring)
- **touting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tossing-vs-touting)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-tossing)
- **testing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-tossing)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-tossing)
- **topping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topping-vs-tossing)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-tossing)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasking-vs-tossing)
- **Tooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tooting-vs-tossing)
- **tolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tolling-vs-tossing)
- **toiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toiling-vs-tossing)
- **toasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toasting-vs-tossing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`otssing`, `tosing`, `tosisng`, `tossign`, `tossingg`, `tossinng`, `tossnig`, `tsosing`, `ttossing`

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