# handing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhændɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,058

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of hand

## Easily confused with
- **having** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-having)
- **hiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hiding)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hating)
- **Hardin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hardin)
- **hazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hazing)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-honing)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-holding)
- **hanging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hanging)
- **heading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-heading)
- **hunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hunting)
- **Harding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-harding)
- **hauling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hauling)
- **hawking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hawking)
- **hinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hinting)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-herding)
- **honking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-honking)
- **handling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-handling)
- **haunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-haunting)
- **hoarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hoarding)
- **hacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-handing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ahnding`, `hadning`, `handding`, `handign`, `handingg`, `handinng`, `handnig`, `hanidng`, `hannding`, `hhanding`, `hnading`

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