# helping

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɛlpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,722

## Definitions
1. The act of giving aid or assistance (to).
2. A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself.
3. An amount or quantity.

## Etymology
From Middle English helping, helpinge, helpynge, equivalent to help + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-hoping)
- **hyping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-hyping)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-holding)
- **herring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-herring)
- **hopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-hopping)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-herding)
- **humping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-humping)
- **hemming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-hemming)
- **helpline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-helpline)
- **hearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-helping)
- **heading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-helping)
- **healing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healing-vs-helping)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heating-vs-helping)
- **halting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halting-vs-helping)
- **hedging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-helping)
- **heaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaving-vs-helping)
- **heaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaping-vs-helping)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ehlping`, `helipng`, `hellping`, `helpign`, `helpingg`, `helpinng`, `helpnig`, `helpping`, `hepling`, `hhelping`, `hleping`

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