# assisting

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈsɪstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,701

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of assist

## Easily confused with
- **assistive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assisting-vs-assistive)
- **assistant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assistant-vs-assisting)
- **assessing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assessing-vs-assisting)
- **asserting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asserting-vs-assisting)

## Common misspellings (12)
`asissting`, `asisting`, `assisitng`, `assissting`, `assistign`, `assistingg`, `assistinng`, `assistnig`, `assistting`, `assitsing`, `asssiting`, `sasisting`

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