# beginning

> English word · Noun · IPA /bᵻˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,066

## Definitions
1. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
2. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
3. That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
4. The initial portion of some extended thing.

## Etymology
From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.

## Common misspellings (12)
`bbeginning`, `begginning`, `begining`, `begininng`, `beginnign`, `beginningg`, `beginninng`, `beginnnig`, `begnining`, `beignning`, `bgeinning`, `ebginning`

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