# cloning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkloʊnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #21,470

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of clone

## Easily confused with
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-coming)
- **coding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-coding)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-coping)
- **Cronin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-cronin)
- **coking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-coking)
- **closing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-closing)
- **cooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-cooking)
- **cooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-cooling)
- **cunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-cunning)
- **coining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-coining)
- **clothing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-clothing)
- **coloring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-coloring)
- **crowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-crowning)
- **clotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-clotting)
- **clowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-clowning)
- **clouding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-clouding)
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cling-vs-cloning)
- **choking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-cloning)
- **canning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-cloning)
- **clawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-cloning)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccloning`, `clloning`, `clnoing`, `cloinng`, `clonign`, `cloningg`, `cloninng`, `clonnig`, `clonning`, `colning`, `lconing`

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