# aiming

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈeɪ.mɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,383

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of aim

## Easily confused with
- **amin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-amin)
- **among** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-among)
- **amino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-amino)
- **Armin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-armin)
- **amine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-amine)
- **Amina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-amina)
- **asking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-asking)
- **airing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-airing)
- **arming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-arming)
- **awning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-awning)
- **arising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-arising)
- **aging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aging-vs-aiming)
- **admin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admin-vs-aiming)
- **acting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acting-vs-aiming)
- **adding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adding-vs-aiming)
- **ageing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-aiming)
- **aiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-aiming)
- **aching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aching-vs-aiming)
- **ailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-aiming)
- **abiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abiding-vs-aiming)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aiimng`, `aimign`, `aimingg`, `aiminng`, `aimming`, `aimnig`, `amiing`, `iaming`

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