# ending

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,108

## Definitions
1. A termination or conclusion.
2. The last part of something.
3. The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").

## Etymology
From Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).

## Easily confused with
- **Ewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ending-vs-ewing)
- **engine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ending-vs-engine)
- **Epping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ending-vs-epping)
- **ensuing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ending-vs-ensuing)
- **enduring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ending-vs-enduring)
- **Edin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edin-vs-ending)
- **eating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-ending)
- **easing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/easing-vs-ending)
- **edging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edging-vs-ending)
- **Ealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ealing-vs-ending)
- **effing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/effing-vs-ending)
- **encoding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encoding-vs-ending)

## Common misspellings (9)
`edning`, `endding`, `endign`, `endingg`, `endinng`, `endnig`, `enidng`, `ennding`, `neding`

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