Worshiping or worshipping?
In American English write worshiping; in British and Commonwealth English, worshipping. Both are forms of worship: worshiping is the present participle and gerund of worship, and worshipping the present participle and gerund of worship. On its own, worshiping is a noun meaning “US standard spelling of worshipping”, and worshipping a noun meaning “An act of worship”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) worshipping is about 1.9 times as common as worshiping.
What is the difference between worshiping and worshipping?
| worshiping | worshipping | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb |
| Meaning | USUS standard spelling of worshipping | An act of worship |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | worshipings | worshippings |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| Region | US | UK |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words | 1.2 times per million words |
Sources: worshiping and worshipping in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of worshiping and worshipping
worshiping
- 1
USUS standard spelling of worshipping
worshipping
- 1
An act of worship
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, worshiping or worshipping?
worshiping appears about once in every 2 million words; worshipping 1.2 times per million words.
worshiping about once in every 2 million wordsworshipping 1.2 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search worshiping vs worshipping?
“worshiping vs worshipping” is searched about 20 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“worshipping vs worshiping”, “worshiping or worshipping”).
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.