# fading

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #12,771

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of fade.

## Easily confused with
- **fang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-fang)
- **faint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-faint)
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-fling)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-flying)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-firing)
- **fixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-fixing)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-filing)
- **famine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-famine)
- **faking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-faking)
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-frying)
- **fuming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-fuming)
- **fusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-fusing)
- **farina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-farina)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-faring)
- **finding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-finding)
- **falling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-falling)
- **funding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-funding)
- **failing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-failing)
- **feeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-feeding)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-farming)

## Common misspellings (9)
`afding`, `fadding`, `fadign`, `fadingg`, `fadinng`, `fadnig`, `faidng`, `fdaing`, `ffading`

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