# burning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbɝnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,982

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of burn

## Etymology
By surface analysis, burn + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burning-vs-buying)
- **buzzing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burning-vs-buzzing)
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burning-vs-busting)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burning-vs-burying)
- **butting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burning-vs-butting)
- **bushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burning-vs-bushing)
- **bursting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burning-vs-bursting)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-burning)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-burning)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baring-vs-burning)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bering-vs-burning)
- **banning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banning-vs-burning)
- **barking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-burning)
- **barring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barring-vs-burning)
- **bumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-burning)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budding-vs-burning)
- **bugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-burning)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-burning)
- **bulging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulging-vs-burning)
- **bucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-burning)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bburning`, `bruning`, `bunring`, `burinng`, `burnign`, `burningg`, `burninng`, `burnnig`, `burnning`, `burrning`, `ubrning`

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