# brewing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbɹuːɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,170

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of brew

## Etymology
From Middle English brewynge; equivalent to brew + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewing-vs-bring)
- **bribing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewing-vs-bribing)
- **briefing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewing-vs-briefing)
- **browsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewing-vs-browsing)
- **browning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewing-vs-browning)
- **being** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/being-vs-brewing)
- **Boeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boeing-vs-brewing)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowing-vs-brewing)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bering-vs-brewing)
- **blowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-brewing)
- **braking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braking-vs-brewing)
- **bracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bracing-vs-brewing)
- **beeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beeping-vs-brewing)
- **breaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breaking-vs-brewing)
- **breeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breeding-vs-brewing)
- **brawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brawling-vs-brewing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbrewing`, `berwing`, `breiwng`, `brewign`, `brewingg`, `brewinng`, `brewnig`, `brewwing`, `brrewing`, `brweing`, `rbewing`

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