# curing

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #20,600

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of cure

## Etymology
From cure + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **Curtin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curing-vs-curtin)
- **cutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curing-vs-cutting)
- **curling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curing-vs-curling)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curing-vs-cursing)
- **curving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curing-vs-curving)
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curing-vs-cussing)
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cling-vs-curing)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ching-vs-curing)
- **cumin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cumin-vs-curing)
- **curie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curie-vs-curing)
- **curia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curia-vs-curing)
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-curing)
- **crying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crying-vs-curing)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-curing)
- **citing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-curing)
- **coding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-curing)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coping-vs-curing)
- **cringe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cringe-vs-curing)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casing-vs-curing)
- **Carina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-curing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccuring`, `cruing`, `cuirng`, `curign`, `curingg`, `curinng`, `curnig`, `curring`, `ucring`

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