# heading

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhɛdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,107

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of head

## Etymology
From head + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **hiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-hiding)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-holding)
- **hearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-hearing)
- **helping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-helping)
- **healing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-healing)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-heating)
- **herring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-herring)
- **hedging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-hedging)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-herding)
- **heaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-heaving)
- **heaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-heaping)
- **hemming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-hemming)
- **headline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-headline)
- **hoarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-hoarding)
- **headings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-headings)
- **headlong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-headlong)
- **having** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-heading)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-heading)
- **hazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-heading)
- **handing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-heading)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ehading`, `haeding`, `headding`, `headign`, `headingg`, `headinng`, `headnig`, `heaidng`, `hedaing`, `hheading`

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