# winging vs wiping

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### winging
*verb · IPA /ˈwɪŋɪŋ/ · frequency rank #47,424*
present participle and gerund of wing

### wiping
*verb · IPA /ˈwaɪpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,388*
present participle and gerund of wipe

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