# gearing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,849

## Definitions
1. The ratio of a system of gears.
2. Harness; working implements.
3. A train of toothed wheels and pinions.
4. Synonym of leverage (“debt-to-equity ratio”).

## Easily confused with
- **getting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-getting)
- **grazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-grazing)
- **grading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-grading)
- **glaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-glaring)
- **grating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-grating)
- **glazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-glazing)
- **gnawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-gnawing)
- **gelding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-gelding)
- **guarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-guarding)
- **gleaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-gleaming)
- **gaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaming-vs-gearing)
- **gazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gazing-vs-gearing)
- **gaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-gearing)
- **gating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-gearing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`egaring`, `gaering`, `geairng`, `gearign`, `gearingg`, `gearinng`, `gearnig`, `gearring`, `geraing`, `ggearing`

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