# dawning

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɔːnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #37,410

## Definitions
1. Dawn.
2. The first beginnings of something.

## Etymology
From Middle English dawnynge, an alteration of dawing, under the influence of North Germanic cognates (compare Swedish, Danish dagning). See daw (“to dawn”).

## Easily confused with
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawning-vs-dining)
- **drawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawning-vs-drawing)
- **downing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawning-vs-downing)
- **dunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawning-vs-dunning)
- **Denning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawning-vs-denning)
- **drowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawning-vs-drowning)
- **draining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawning-vs-draining)
- **dating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dawning)
- **daring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dawning)
- **dancing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancing-vs-dawning)
- **darling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darling-vs-dawning)
- **dashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dashing-vs-dawning)
- **damning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damning-vs-dawning)
- **Dawkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawkins-vs-dawning)
- **darting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darting-vs-dawning)
- **dabbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dabbing-vs-dawning)
- **daunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daunting-vs-dawning)

## Common misspellings (11)
`adwning`, `danwing`, `dawinng`, `dawnign`, `dawningg`, `dawninng`, `dawnnig`, `dawnning`, `dawwning`, `ddawning`, `dwaning`

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