# hosting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhoʊstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,503

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of host

## Easily confused with
- **housing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hosting-vs-housing)
- **hunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hosting-vs-hunting)
- **hurting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hosting-vs-hurting)
- **howling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hosting-vs-howling)
- **hustling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hosting-vs-hustling)
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoping-vs-hosting)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-hosting)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homing-vs-hosting)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honing-vs-hosting)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-hosting)
- **hitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hitting-vs-hosting)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heating-vs-hosting)
- **hostile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hostile-vs-hosting)
- **hopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopping-vs-hosting)
- **hooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooking-vs-hosting)
- **hinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinting-vs-hosting)
- **halting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halting-vs-hosting)
- **hissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hissing-vs-hosting)
- **honking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honking-vs-hosting)
- **hogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-hosting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hhosting`, `hositng`, `hossting`, `hostign`, `hostingg`, `hostinng`, `hostnig`, `hostting`, `hotsing`, `hsoting`, `ohsting`

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