# changing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,787

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of change

## Easily confused with
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-chasing)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-charing)
- **charging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-charging)
- **charming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-charming)
- **chatting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-chatting)
- **chanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-chanting)
- **clinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-clinging)
- **Channing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-channing)
- **charting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-charting)
- **cranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-cranking)
- **chugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-chugging)
- **cringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-cringing)
- **Chongqing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-chongqing)
- **Changi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-changing)
- **canning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-changing)
- **chafing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-changing)
- **chaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaining-vs-changing)
- **changeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changeling-vs-changing)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cahnging`, `cchanging`, `chagning`, `changging`, `changign`, `changingg`, `changinng`, `changnig`, `chanigng`, `channging`, `chhanging`, `chnaging`, `hcanging`

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