# beheading

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #30,701

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of behead

## Etymology
From behead + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **behaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/behaving-vs-beheading)

## Common misspellings (13)
`bbeheading`, `beehading`, `behaeding`, `beheadding`, `beheadign`, `beheadingg`, `beheadinng`, `beheadnig`, `beheaidng`, `behedaing`, `behheading`, `bheeading`, `ebheading`

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