# diving

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,895

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of dive

## Etymology
By surface analysis, dive + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-doing)
- **dying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-dying)
- **during** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-during)
- **drying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-drying)
- **doping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-doping)
- **dyeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-dyeing)
- **dozing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-dozing)
- **driving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-driving)
- **ding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ding-vs-diving)
- **Devin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-diving)
- **dating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-diving)
- **divine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divine-vs-diving)
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-diving)
- **divide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divide-vs-diving)
- **daring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-diving)
- **Devine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-diving)
- **digging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digging-vs-diving)
- **dipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dipping-vs-diving)
- **dieting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dieting-vs-diving)
- **dialing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dialing-vs-diving)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddiving`, `diivng`, `divign`, `divingg`, `divinng`, `divnig`, `divving`, `dviing`, `idving`

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