# ageing

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #16,172

## Definitions
1. UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of aging.

## Easily confused with
- **agent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-agent)
- **aging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-aging)
- **asking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-asking)
- **aiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-aiming)
- **airing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-airing)
- **aiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-aiding)
- **arming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-arming)
- **ailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-ailing)
- **awning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-awning)
- **arguing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-arguing)
- **angling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-angling)
- **agreeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-agreeing)
- **again** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/again-vs-ageing)
- **acting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acting-vs-ageing)
- **adding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adding-vs-ageing)
- **aching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aching-vs-ageing)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aeging`, `ageign`, `ageingg`, `ageinng`, `agenig`, `aggeing`, `agieng`, `gaeing`

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