# drawing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,575

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of draw

## Etymology
From Middle English drauinge, drawinge, alteration of earlier drawende, drawand, from Old English dragende, from Proto-Germanic *dragandz (“drawing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw; pull”), equivalent to draw + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **drawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drawing-vs-drawn)
- **drying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drawing-vs-drying)
- **driving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drawing-vs-driving)
- **drawings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drawing-vs-drawings)
- **dreaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drawing-vs-dreaming)
- **drowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drawing-vs-drowning)
- **dreading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drawing-vs-dreading)
- **drain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drain-vs-drawing)
- **dating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-drawing)
- **daring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-drawing)
- **drains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drains-vs-drawing)
- **dealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-drawing)
- **dialing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dialing-vs-drawing)
- **dawning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawning-vs-drawing)
- **dragging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dragging-vs-drawing)
- **draining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draining-vs-drawing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`darwing`, `ddrawing`, `draiwng`, `drawign`, `drawingg`, `drawinng`, `drawnig`, `drawwing`, `drrawing`, `drwaing`, `rdawing`

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