# ailing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈeɪ.lɪŋ/ · frequency rank #25,993

## Definitions
1. An ailment.

## Easily confused with
- **along** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-along)
- **Alina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-alina)
- **aline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-aline)
- **asking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-asking)
- **aiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-aiming)
- **airing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-airing)
- **arming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-arming)
- **awning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-awning)
- **airline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-airline)
- **arising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-arising)
- **angling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-angling)
- **aging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aging-vs-ailing)
- **acting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acting-vs-ailing)
- **adding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adding-vs-ailing)
- **ageing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-ailing)
- **aiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-ailing)
- **aching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aching-vs-ailing)
- **abiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abiding-vs-ailing)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aiilng`, `ailign`, `ailingg`, `ailinng`, `ailling`, `ailnig`, `aliing`, `ialing`

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