# arming

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #24,085

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of arm

## Etymology
From Middle English armyng.

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

## Common misspellings (9)
`amring`, `arimng`, `armign`, `armingg`, `arminng`, `armming`, `armnig`, `arrming`, `raming`

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