# daring

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈdɛə.ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,196

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of dare

## Easily confused with
- **ding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-ding)
- **darn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-darn)
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-doing)
- **drink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-drink)
- **dying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dying)
- **Dario** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dario)
- **during** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-during)
- **dating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dating)
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dining)
- **diving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-diving)
- **Darwin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-darwin)
- **drying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-drying)
- **doping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-doping)
- **Darius** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-darius)
- **dyeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dyeing)
- **dozing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dozing)
- **Darrin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-darrin)
- **dealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dealing)
- **drawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-drawing)
- **darling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-darling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`adring`, `dairng`, `darign`, `daringg`, `darinng`, `darnig`, `darring`, `ddaring`, `draing`

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