# hiring

> English word · Verb · IPA /haɪə.ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,861

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of hire

## Easily confused with
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiring-vs-hoping)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiring-vs-homing)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiring-vs-honing)
- **hyping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiring-vs-hyping)
- **hitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiring-vs-hitting)
- **hurting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiring-vs-hurting)
- **hurling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiring-vs-hurling)
- **hissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiring-vs-hissing)
- **hing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hing-vs-hiring)
- **having** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/having-vs-hiring)
- **hiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-hiring)
- **hiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiking-vs-hiring)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-hiring)
- **hazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazing-vs-hiring)
- **hearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-hiring)
- **herring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herring-vs-hiring)
- **Harding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harding-vs-hiring)
- **hailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hailing-vs-hiring)
- **hinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinting-vs-hiring)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-hiring)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhiring`, `hiirng`, `hirign`, `hiringg`, `hirinng`, `hirnig`, `hirring`, `hriing`, `ihring`

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