# chewing

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #12,386

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of chew

## Etymology
From Middle English chewynge, chewand, from Old English *ċēowende, from Proto-Germanic *kewwandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (“to chew”), equivalent to chew + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chewing-vs-ching)
- **choking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chewing-vs-choking)
- **chiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chewing-vs-chiming)
- **clawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chewing-vs-clawing)
- **Cheng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheng-vs-chewing)
- **Cheung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheung-vs-chewing)
- **ceding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceding-vs-chewing)
- **chewie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chewie-vs-chewing)
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chasing-vs-chewing)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charing-vs-chewing)
- **chafing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chewing)
- **checking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-chewing)
- **cheating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheating-vs-chewing)
- **cheering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheering-vs-chewing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchewing`, `cehwing`, `cheiwng`, `chewign`, `chewingg`, `chewinng`, `chewnig`, `chewwing`, `chhewing`, `chweing`, `hcewing`

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