# aiding

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈeɪ.dɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,173

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of aid

## Easily confused with
- **asking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-asking)
- **aiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-aiming)
- **airing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-airing)
- **arming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-arming)
- **ailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-ailing)
- **awning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-awning)
- **arising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-arising)
- **avoiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-avoiding)
- **aging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aging-vs-aiding)
- **Aidan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aidan-vs-aiding)
- **Aiden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiden-vs-aiding)
- **acting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acting-vs-aiding)
- **adding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adding-vs-aiding)
- **ageing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-aiding)
- **aching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aching-vs-aiding)
- **abiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abiding-vs-aiding)

## Common misspellings (8)
`adiing`, `aidding`, `aidign`, `aidingg`, `aidinng`, `aidnig`, `aiidng`, `iading`

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