# typing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtaɪpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,120

## Definitions
1. Assigning or classification by type.
2. The act of typing on a keyboard.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, type + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **typist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/typing-vs-typist)
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ting-vs-typing)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thing-vs-typing)
- **tying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tying-vs-typing)
- **trying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trying-vs-typing)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-typing)
- **timing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timing-vs-typing)
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuning-vs-typing)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-typing)
- **tiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-typing)
- **tubing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tubing-vs-typing)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taping-vs-typing)
- **Turing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turing-vs-typing)
- **toying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toying-vs-typing)
- **tiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-typing)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-typing)
- **tapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapping-vs-typing)
- **tipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tipping-vs-typing)
- **topping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/topping-vs-typing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`tpying`, `ttyping`, `tyipng`, `typign`, `typingg`, `typinng`, `typnig`, `typping`, `tyyping`, `ytping`

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