# weighting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,889

## Definitions
1. The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.

## Easily confused with
- **weighing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weighing-vs-weighting)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ewighting`, `wegihting`, `weigghting`, `weighhting`, `weighitng`, `weightign`, `weightingg`, `weightinng`, `weightnig`, `weightting`, `weigthing`, `weihgting`, `wieghting`, `wweighting`

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