# bearing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,918

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bear

## Etymology
From Middle English beringe, berynge, berende, berande, berand, from Old English berende (“bearing; fruitful”) (also as synonym Old English bǣrende), from Proto-Germanic *berandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear; carry”), equivalent to bear + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **being** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-being)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-bring)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-boring)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-bering)
- **beating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-beating)
- **Beijing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-beijing)
- **betting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-betting)
- **begging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-begging)
- **blaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-blaming)
- **bending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-bending)
- **blazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-blazing)
- **bedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-bedding)
- **braking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-braking)
- **boating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-boating)
- **bracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-bracing)
- **blaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-blaring)
- **bearish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-bearish)
- **belting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-belting)
- **beeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-beeping)
- **breaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-breaking)

## Common misspellings (10)
`baering`, `bbearing`, `beairng`, `bearign`, `bearingg`, `bearinng`, `bearnig`, `bearring`, `beraing`, `ebaring`

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