# ironing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #25,429

## Definitions
1. The act of pressing clothes with an iron, such as a steam iron.
2. Laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed.
3. Laundry that has recently been ironed.

## Easily confused with
- **Irving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ironing-vs-irving)
- **inning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inning-vs-ironing)
- **ironic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ironic-vs-ironing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`iorning`, `irnoing`, `iroinng`, `ironign`, `ironingg`, `ironinng`, `ironnig`, `ironning`, `irroning`, `rioning`

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