# trashing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,064

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is trashed.
2. Dumpster diving.
3. A tradition of throwing food, confetti, etc. over students after their final examinations.

## Easily confused with
- **trusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trashing-vs-trusting)
- **trawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trashing-vs-trawling)
- **trading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trading-vs-trashing)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-trashing)
- **tracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-trashing)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-trashing)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasking-vs-trashing)
- **training** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/training-vs-trashing)
- **teaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-trashing)
- **tracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracking-vs-trashing)
- **trailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trailing-vs-trashing)
- **trapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trapping-vs-trashing)
- **toasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toasting-vs-trashing)
- **thrashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrashing-vs-trashing)

## Common misspellings (13)
`rtashing`, `tarshing`, `trahsing`, `trashhing`, `trashign`, `trashingg`, `trashinng`, `trashnig`, `trasihng`, `trasshing`, `trrashing`, `trsahing`, `ttrashing`

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