# causing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkɔːzɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,823

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of cause

## Easily confused with
- **cousin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-cousin)
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-curing)
- **caving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-caving)
- **closing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-closing)
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-chasing)
- **cousins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-cousins)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-cursing)
- **ceasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-ceasing)
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-cussing)
- **crushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-crushing)
- **cruising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-cruising)
- **coursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-coursing)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-causing)
- **casino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casino-vs-causing)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casing-vs-causing)
- **calling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calling-vs-causing)
- **casting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casting-vs-causing)
- **camping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camping-vs-causing)
- **carving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carving-vs-causing)
- **canning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-causing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`acusing`, `casuing`, `cauisng`, `causign`, `causingg`, `causinng`, `causnig`, `caussing`, `ccausing`, `cuasing`

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