# claiming

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkleɪmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,065

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of claim

## Easily confused with
- **clawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claiming-vs-clawing)
- **climbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claiming-vs-climbing)
- **clapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claiming-vs-clapping)
- **clamping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claiming-vs-clamping)
- **clashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claiming-vs-clashing)
- **cramming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claiming-vs-cramming)
- **chiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiming-vs-claiming)
- **charming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-claiming)
- **claimant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claimant-vs-claiming)
- **cladding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cladding-vs-claiming)
- **chaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaining-vs-claiming)

## Common misspellings (12)
`caliming`, `cclaiming`, `claiimng`, `claimign`, `claimingg`, `claiminng`, `claimming`, `claimnig`, `clamiing`, `cliaming`, `cllaiming`, `lcaiming`

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