# confessing

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈfɛsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #26,044

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of confess

## Easily confused with
- **confusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confessing-vs-confusing)
- **confession** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confessing-vs-confession)
- **contesting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confessing-vs-contesting)
- **conversing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confessing-vs-conversing)
- **conferring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conferring-vs-confessing)
- **condensing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condensing-vs-confessing)

## Common misspellings (14)
`cconfessing`, `cnofessing`, `cofnessing`, `conefssing`, `confesing`, `confesisng`, `confessign`, `confessingg`, `confessinng`, `confessnig`, `conffessing`, `confsesing`, `connfessing`, `ocnfessing`

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