# chanting

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #12,561

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of chant

## Etymology
From Middle English chauntynge; equivalent to chant + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-chasing)
- **coating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-coating)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-charing)
- **counting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-counting)
- **cheating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-cheating)
- **charging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-charging)
- **charming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-charming)
- **chatting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-chatting)
- **charting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-charting)
- **cranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-cranking)
- **coasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-coasting)
- **casting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casting-vs-chanting)
- **canning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-chanting)
- **cantina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantina-vs-chanting)
- **chafing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chanting)
- **changing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-chanting)
- **Channing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/channing-vs-chanting)
- **chaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaining-vs-chanting)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cahnting`, `cchanting`, `chanitng`, `channting`, `chantign`, `chantingg`, `chantinng`, `chantnig`, `chantting`, `chatning`, `chhanting`, `chnating`, `hcanting`

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