# crying

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,666

## Definitions
1. That cries.
2. That demands action or attention; desperate.
3. That deserves rebuke or censure; deplorable.

## Etymology
From cry + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crying-vs-curing)
- **curling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crying-vs-curling)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crying-vs-cursing)
- **curving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crying-vs-curving)
- **Craig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craig-vs-crying)
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cling-vs-crying)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ching-vs-crying)
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-crying)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-crying)
- **citing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-crying)
- **coding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-crying)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coping-vs-crying)
- **cringe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cringe-vs-crying)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casing-vs-crying)
- **caving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-crying)
- **coking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coking-vs-crying)
- **ceding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceding-vs-crying)
- **copying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copying-vs-crying)
- **craving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craving-vs-crying)
- **carving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carving-vs-crying)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccrying`, `criyng`, `crrying`, `cryign`, `cryingg`, `cryinng`, `crynig`, `cryying`, `cyring`, `rcying`

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