# dining

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/ · frequency rank #5,674

## Definitions
1. Eating dinner as a social function.
2. Entertaining someone to dinner.

## Easily confused with
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-doing)
- **dying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-dying)
- **during** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-during)
- **divine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-divine)
- **diving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-diving)
- **drying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-drying)
- **doping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-doping)
- **dyeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-dyeing)
- **dozing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-dozing)
- **driving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-driving)
- **dipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-dipping)
- **downing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-downing)
- **dunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-dunning)
- **dishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-dishing)
- **dissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-dissing)
- **drinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-drinking)
- **draining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-draining)
- **ding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ding-vs-dining)
- **dating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dining)
- **daring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dining)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddining`, `diinng`, `dinign`, `diningg`, `dininng`, `dinnig`, `dinning`, `dniing`, `idning`

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