# clinging

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/ · frequency rank #18,040

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of cling

## Easily confused with
- **cloning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clinging-vs-cloning)
- **coining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clinging-vs-coining)
- **clipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clinging-vs-clipping)
- **clogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clinging-vs-clogging)
- **cringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clinging-vs-cringing)
- **changing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-clinging)
- **climbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/climbing-vs-clinging)
- **clicking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicking-vs-clinging)
- **clinching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clinching-vs-clinging)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cclinging`, `cilnging`, `cligning`, `clingging`, `clingign`, `clingingg`, `clinginng`, `clingnig`, `clinigng`, `clinnging`, `cllinging`, `clniging`, `lcinging`

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