# grading

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #15,621

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of grade

## Easily confused with
- **grain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grain)
- **grains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grains)
- **grainy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grainy)
- **growing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-growing)
- **guiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-guiding)
- **grazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grazing)
- **grating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grating)
- **groping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-groping)
- **grinding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grinding)
- **granting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-granting)
- **guarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-guarding)
- **grasping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grasping)
- **groaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-groaning)
- **grafting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grafting)
- **grayling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grayling)
- **gaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaming-vs-grading)
- **gazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gazing-vs-grading)
- **gaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-grading)
- **gating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-grading)
- **gearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-grading)

## Common misspellings (11)
`garding`, `ggrading`, `gradding`, `gradign`, `gradingg`, `gradinng`, `gradnig`, `graidng`, `grdaing`, `grrading`, `rgading`

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