# hugging

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhʌɡɪŋ/ · frequency rank #15,426

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of hug

## Easily confused with
- **hunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugging-vs-hunting)
- **hurting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugging-vs-hurting)
- **humming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugging-vs-humming)
- **hurling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugging-vs-hurling)
- **humping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugging-vs-humping)
- **Huggins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugging-vs-huggins)
- **hanging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanging-vs-hugging)
- **Higgins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/higgins-vs-hugging)
- **hedging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-hugging)
- **hogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-hugging)
- **haggling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggling-vs-hugging)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hguging`, `hhugging`, `huggign`, `huggingg`, `hugginng`, `huggnig`, `hugigng`, `huging`, `uhgging`

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