# hedging

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪŋ/ · frequency rank #30,444

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of hedge

## Easily confused with
- **hiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-hiding)
- **Hedwig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-hedwig)
- **helping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-helping)
- **herring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-herring)
- **hugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-hugging)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-herding)
- **hogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-hogging)
- **hemming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-hemming)
- **hearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-hedging)
- **hanging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanging-vs-hedging)
- **heading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-hedging)
- **healing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healing-vs-hedging)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heating-vs-hedging)
- **heaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaving-vs-hedging)
- **heaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaping-vs-hedging)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ehdging`, `hdeging`, `heddging`, `hedgging`, `hedgign`, `hedgingg`, `hedginng`, `hedgnig`, `hedigng`, `hegding`, `hhedging`

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