# crowning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #25,723

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of crown

## Etymology
From Middle English crowninge, crounende, equivalent to crown + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **Cronin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cronin-vs-crowning)
- **cloning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-crowning)
- **coining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coining-vs-crowning)
- **crossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crossing-vs-crowning)
- **crawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crawling-vs-crowning)
- **cropping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cropping-vs-crowning)
- **crowding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crowding-vs-crowning)
- **clowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clowning-vs-crowning)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccrowning`, `corwning`, `cronwing`, `crowinng`, `crownign`, `crowningg`, `crowninng`, `crownnig`, `crownning`, `crowwning`, `crrowning`, `crwoning`, `rcowning`

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