# downing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈdaʊnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,219

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of down

## Easily confused with
- **dozing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downing-vs-dozing)
- **dunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downing-vs-dunning)
- **drowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downing-vs-drowning)
- **downwind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downing-vs-downwind)
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-downing)
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-downing)
- **doping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doping-vs-downing)
- **Downie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downie-vs-downing)
- **docking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docking-vs-downing)
- **dodging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodging-vs-downing)
- **damning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damning-vs-downing)
- **dawning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawning-vs-downing)
- **Denning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denning-vs-downing)
- **dogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogging-vs-downing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddowning`, `donwing`, `dowinng`, `downign`, `downingg`, `downinng`, `downnig`, `downning`, `dowwning`, `dwoning`, `odwning`

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