# haunting

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #14,557

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of haunt

## Easily confused with
- **hunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haunting-vs-hunting)
- **hurting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haunting-vs-hurting)
- **hinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haunting-vs-hinting)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-haunting)
- **hanging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanging-vs-haunting)
- **handing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-haunting)
- **hauling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hauling-vs-haunting)
- **halting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halting-vs-haunting)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ahunting`, `hanuting`, `haunitng`, `haunnting`, `hauntign`, `hauntingg`, `hauntinng`, `hauntnig`, `hauntting`, `hautning`, `hhaunting`, `huanting`

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