# growing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,223

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of grow

## Easily confused with
- **grown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/growing-vs-grown)
- **growling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/growing-vs-growling)
- **going** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/going-vs-growing)
- **groin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-growing)
- **glowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glowing-vs-growing)
- **grazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grazing-vs-growing)
- **grading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-growing)
- **grating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grating-vs-growing)
- **groping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groping-vs-growing)
- **gnawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gnawing-vs-growing)
- **goofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goofing-vs-growing)
- **Gooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooding-vs-growing)
- **grouping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grouping-vs-growing)
- **grooming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grooming-vs-growing)
- **groaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groaning-vs-growing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ggrowing`, `gorwing`, `groiwng`, `growign`, `growingg`, `growinng`, `grownig`, `growwing`, `grrowing`, `grwoing`, `rgowing`

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