# copying

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkɑpiɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,524

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of copy

## Easily confused with
- **crying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copying-vs-crying)
- **cupping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copying-vs-cupping)
- **coupling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copying-vs-coupling)
- **cropping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copying-vs-cropping)
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-copying)
- **coding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-copying)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coping-vs-copying)
- **coking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coking-vs-copying)
- **cooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooking-vs-copying)
- **cooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooling-vs-copying)
- **coating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-copying)
- **capping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capping-vs-copying)
- **combing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combing-vs-copying)
- **comming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comming-vs-copying)
- **coining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coining-vs-copying)
- **chopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopping-vs-copying)
- **complying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/complying-vs-copying)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccopying`, `copiyng`, `coppying`, `copyign`, `copyingg`, `copyinng`, `copynig`, `copyying`, `coyping`, `cpoying`, `ocpying`

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