# itching

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #17,871

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of itch

## Etymology
From Middle English ecchinge, ȝitchinge, ʒicchinde, ʒichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ġiċċende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **icing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/icing-vs-itching)
- **inching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inching-vs-itching)

## Common misspellings (11)
`icthing`, `itcching`, `itchhing`, `itchign`, `itchingg`, `itchinng`, `itchnig`, `itcihng`, `ithcing`, `ittching`, `tiching`

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