# having

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhævɪŋ/ · frequency rank #233

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of have

## Easily confused with
- **hing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hing)
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hoping)
- **hiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hiding)
- **hiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hiring)
- **hiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hiking)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-homing)
- **hazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hazing)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-honing)
- **hyping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hyping)
- **hearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hearing)
- **heading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-heading)
- **healing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-healing)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-heating)
- **hawking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hawking)
- **heaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-heaving)
- **heaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-heaping)
- **hang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hang-vs-having)
- **hain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hain-vs-having)
- **Haig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haig-vs-having)
- **haven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haven-vs-having)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahving`, `haivng`, `havign`, `havingg`, `havinng`, `havnig`, `havving`, `hhaving`, `hvaing`

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