# extenuating

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #49,324

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of extenuate

## Etymology
From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.

## Common misspellings (16)
`etxenuating`, `exetnuating`, `extenauting`, `extennuating`, `extenuaitng`, `extenuatign`, `extenuatingg`, `extenuatinng`, `extenuatnig`, `extenuatting`, `extenutaing`, `exteunating`, `extneuating`, `exttenuating`, `exxtenuating`, `xetenuating`

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