# expecting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,491

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of expect

## Easily confused with
- **exporting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expecting-vs-exporting)
- **exacting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exacting-vs-expecting)
- **erecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erecting-vs-expecting)
- **expectant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expectant-vs-expecting)
- **effecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/effecting-vs-expecting)
- **excepting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excepting-vs-expecting)

## Common misspellings (14)
`epxecting`, `exepcting`, `expceting`, `expeccting`, `expecitng`, `expectign`, `expectingg`, `expectinng`, `expectnig`, `expectting`, `expetcing`, `exppecting`, `exxpecting`, `xepecting`

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