# ceasing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsiːsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #33,977

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of cease

## Easily confused with
- **ceding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-ceding)
- **closing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-closing)
- **ceiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-ceiling)
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-chasing)
- **coating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-coating)
- **craving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-craving)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-cursing)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-charing)
- **clawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-clawing)
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-cussing)
- **chafing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-chafing)
- **creating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-creating)
- **cleaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-cleaning)
- **cheating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-cheating)
- **clearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-clearing)
- **crashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-crashing)
- **clashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-clashing)
- **creaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-creaking)
- **coasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-coasting)
- **cleansing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-cleansing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`caesing`, `cceasing`, `ceaisng`, `ceasign`, `ceasingg`, `ceasinng`, `ceasnig`, `ceassing`, `cesaing`, `ecasing`

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