# lin vs lying

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lin
*verb · IPA /lɪn/ · frequency rank #9,623*
To desist, to stop, to cease.

### lying
*verb · IPA /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,164*
present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”)

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