# canning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkænɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,280

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of can (“to be able to”)

## Easily confused with
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-caring)
- **cannon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-cannon)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-casing)
- **caving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-caving)
- **causing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-causing)
- **casting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-casting)
- **carving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-carving)
- **cunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-cunning)
- **cloning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-cloning)
- **capping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-capping)
- **cantina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-cantina)
- **coining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-coining)
- **changing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-changing)
- **chanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-chanting)
- **Channing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-channing)
- **canoeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-canoeing)
- **cranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-cranking)
- **chaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-chaining)
- **canine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-canning)
- **calling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calling-vs-canning)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acnning`, `caning`, `caninng`, `cannign`, `canningg`, `canninng`, `cannnig`, `ccanning`, `cnaning`

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