# improving

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪmˈpɹuːvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,819

## Definitions
1. That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).

## Easily confused with
- **improvise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/improving-vs-improvise)
- **improvising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/improving-vs-improvising)
- **imposing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/imposing-vs-improving)

## Common misspellings (14)
`immproving`, `imporving`, `impproving`, `improivng`, `improvign`, `improvingg`, `improvinng`, `improvnig`, `improvving`, `imprroving`, `imprvoing`, `imrpoving`, `ipmroving`, `miproving`

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