# charming

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,341

## Definitions
1. Pleasant, charismatic.
2. Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.

## Etymology
From Middle English charmynge; equivalent to charm + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-chasing)
- **chiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-chiming)
- **claiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-claiming)
- **chatting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-chatting)
- **charting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-charting)
- **churning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-churning)
- **chirping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-chirping)
- **cramming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-cramming)
- **charmingly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-charmingly)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-charming)
- **carving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carving-vs-charming)
- **carmine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carmine-vs-charming)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charing-vs-charming)
- **chafing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-charming)
- **changing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-charming)
- **charging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charging-vs-charming)
- **chanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-charming)
- **Channing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/channing-vs-charming)
- **chaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaining-vs-charming)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cahrming`, `ccharming`, `chamring`, `charimng`, `charmign`, `charmingg`, `charminng`, `charmming`, `charmnig`, `charrming`, `chharming`, `chraming`, `hcarming`

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