# hearing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,602

## Definitions
1. Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.

## Etymology
From Middle English herynge, equivalent to hear + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **hearn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-hearn)
- **hiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-hiring)
- **helping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-helping)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-heating)
- **herring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-herring)
- **hedging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-hedging)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-herding)
- **heaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-heaving)
- **heparin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-heparin)
- **hemming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-hemming)
- **hoarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-hoarding)
- **having** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hearing)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-hearing)
- **hazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-hearing)
- **heading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-hearing)
- **healing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healing-vs-hearing)
- **Harding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harding-vs-hearing)
- **heaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaping-vs-hearing)
- **headings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headings-vs-hearing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`eharing`, `haering`, `heairng`, `hearign`, `hearingg`, `hearinng`, `hearnig`, `hearring`, `heraing`, `hhearing`

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