# basing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbeɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #21,452

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of base

## Easily confused with
- **bing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-bing)
- **being** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-being)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-bring)
- **basis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-basis)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-bling)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-boing)
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-buying)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-boring)
- **boxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-boxing)
- **Boeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-boeing)
- **biting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-biting)
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-biking)
- **basins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-basins)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-bowing)
- **booing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-booing)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-bering)
- **Baskin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-baskin)
- **beating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-beating)
- **bearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-bearing)
- **blaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-blaming)

## Common misspellings (9)
`absing`, `baisng`, `basign`, `basingg`, `basinng`, `basnig`, `bassing`, `bbasing`, `bsaing`

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