# tracing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹeɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,831

## Definitions
1. The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
2. A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph.
3. The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.
4. A regular path or track; a course.

## Etymology
From Middle English tracyng; equivalent to trace + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **train** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-train)
- **trying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-trying)
- **trains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-trains)
- **trading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-trading)
- **training** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-training)
- **treating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-treating)
- **tracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-tracking)
- **trailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-trailing)
- **trapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-trapping)
- **trucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-trucking)
- **tricking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-tricking)
- **trashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-trashing)
- **treading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-treading)
- **trawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-trawling)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tracing)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-tracing)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taping-vs-tracing)
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-tracing)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-tracing)
- **teaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaming-vs-tracing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`rtacing`, `tarcing`, `traccing`, `tracign`, `tracingg`, `tracinng`, `tracnig`, `traicng`, `trcaing`, `trracing`, `ttracing`

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