is the word “Traipsing” commonly used？

Commonly? Not really. But I would expect every adult to know the word. It's not specifically witch related. I really don't know if I've said it in the last year or two. I've probably heard it.

Pretty common in US South.

Yes it's fairly common. To traipse upon something means to venture into (or edge of) an area/subject that you may not intend or are unprepared for. Could also mean literally stepping on something accidentally but IME that's a less common usage. Example: "You're traipsing upon my area of expertise" (you're trying to talk about something I know more about).

No.

My parents used it a lot and I use it occasionally. But I am not sure if younger people use it all today. It may be very regional, I am from the North West of England

I would use it like "traipsing all over town" in the sense of a more time consuming set of errands than I wanted to do - like I had to go to 4 stores to find what I wanted and I was tired after traipsing all over town. You hear it reasonably often.

I’m from PA, USA, and I have never heard that in my life (I’m 27)

Sure is. Not super common, but common enough that you'll never get the side eye by saying it.

I've heard people say 'traipsing all over town' but to be fair, I've heard more people say 'schlepping all over town' - even though they have different connotations 

My first time hearing that word tbh. I’m from California. I feel like the majority of English speakers couldn’t even pronounce it.

It's not common but I just understand it as "tiptoeing around".

Not unless you’re storytelling. “And here goes little ole me, traipsing along my merry way (or, to ruin everything)”. It is now hyperbolic or for exaggerating effect

I'm surprised by these comments, I don't think I've ever heard this word before and yes, "thanks in advance" sounds perfectly fine the way you used it

Born and raised in Hawaii; I have only heard this word maybe once or twice and always on TV. Iʻve never heard it used or spoken it before in conversation.

[Traipse](https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/traipse?q=traipse) isn't outdated (or strange) in Britain or New Zealand, but it's not particularly common from my perspective – I perceive it as one of the words that is slowly dropping out of use conversationally as the generations pass. Having said that, [Google Ngram doesn't back me up on that, at least in relation to the British corpus](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=traipse&year_start=1900&year_end=2022&corpus=en-GB&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=false)! I don't think the use by a witch in the TV programme is any indication of limited usage – it could be used by many characters in a TV programme; not just a spooky or odd character. To me, the character would need to seem at least moderately intelligent or educated (in English) to use the word. It's not a word that would be expected from a child or someone else who presents as a "simple" character. I think an American (Yiddish origin) counterpart is probably [schlep](https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/schlep_1?q=schlep), but I would leave that to confirmation by Americans. BTW, yes, absolutely, it's natural to say "thanks in advance" in this situation. And you're welcome!

I use it and have heard it used many times in California and Oregon. Definitely in the “not common but not uncommon” bucket.

It’s a common enough word in Ireland

I must have liked this word as a teenager because I used it all the time. I haven't heard someone use it in years though. It's common enough to recognize but most people would probably use "trudging" or "dragging their feet" or something else instead

I wouldn't say it's ***un***common, but it's not as common as it used to be.

Never heard it irl, only once in the She-Ra reboot. I live in the Midwest US for context.

Traipsing around all day, is common phrase

I say it sometimes, in kind of a joking way.

Not common in US. But the majority of adults should know it.