# touching

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,990

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of touch

## Etymology
From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **touring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/touching-vs-touring)
- **tucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/touching-vs-tucking)
- **touting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/touching-vs-touting)
- **trucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/touching-vs-trucking)
- **teaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-touching)

## Common misspellings (12)
`otuching`, `tocuhing`, `toucching`, `touchhing`, `touchign`, `touchingg`, `touchinng`, `touchnig`, `toucihng`, `touhcing`, `ttouching`, `tuoching`

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