# desiring

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈzaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #32,349

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of desire

## Easily confused with
- **devising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desiring-vs-devising)
- **despairing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desiring-vs-despairing)
- **deciding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deciding-vs-desiring)
- **defining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-desiring)
- **designing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/designing-vs-desiring)
- **deserving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deserving-vs-desiring)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddesiring`, `deisring`, `desiirng`, `desirign`, `desiringg`, `desirinng`, `desirnig`, `desirring`, `desriing`, `dessiring`, `dseiring`, `edsiring`

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