# citing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,777

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of cite

## Easily confused with
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-cling)
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-coming)
- **crying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-crying)
- **coding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-coding)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-coping)
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-curing)
- **coking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-coking)
- **cutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-cutting)
- **coating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-coating)
- **coining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-coining)
- **sighting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-sighting)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-siting)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ching-vs-citing)
- **cities** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cities-vs-citing)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-citing)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casing-vs-citing)
- **caving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-citing)
- **ceding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceding-vs-citing)
- **ceiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceiling-vs-citing)
- **casting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casting-vs-citing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cciting`, `ciitng`, `citign`, `citingg`, `citinng`, `citnig`, `citting`, `ctiing`, `icting`

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