# heaving

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhiːvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #35,328

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of heave

## Easily confused with
- **helping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaving-vs-helping)
- **herring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaving-vs-herring)
- **hedging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaving-vs-hedging)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaving-vs-herding)
- **hemming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaving-vs-hemming)
- **having** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-heaving)
- **heaven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaven-vs-heaving)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-heaving)
- **hazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-heaving)
- **hearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-heaving)
- **heavily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heavily-vs-heaving)
- **heading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-heaving)
- **healing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healing-vs-heaving)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heating-vs-heaving)
- **heavier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heavier-vs-heaving)
- **heavens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heavens-vs-heaving)
- **heaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaping-vs-heaving)
- **headings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headings-vs-heaving)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ehaving`, `haeving`, `heaivng`, `heavign`, `heavingg`, `heavinng`, `heavnig`, `heavving`, `hevaing`, `hheaving`

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