# gaping

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #22,681

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of gape

## Etymology
From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **going** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-going)
- **Gavin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gavin)
- **giving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-giving)
- **gazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gazing)
- **gating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gating)
- **grazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-grazing)
- **grading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-grading)
- **gearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gearing)
- **glaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-glaring)
- **grating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-grating)
- **gasping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gasping)
- **glazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-glazing)
- **groping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-groping)
- **gnawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gnawing)
- **gauging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gauging)
- **gassing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gassing)
- **grasping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-grasping)
- **gain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gain-vs-gaping)
- **gang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-gaping)
- **gains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gains-vs-gaping)

## Common misspellings (9)
`agping`, `gaipng`, `gapign`, `gapingg`, `gapinng`, `gapnig`, `gapping`, `ggaping`, `gpaing`

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