# kissing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,467

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of kiss

## Etymology
From Middle English kissynge, cussinde, from Old English cyssende, from Proto-West Germanic *kussijandī, from Proto-Germanic *kussijandz, equivalent to kiss + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian küsjend, Dutch kussend, German Low German küssend, German küssend, Swedish kyssande, Icelandic kyssandi.

## Easily confused with
- **Kissinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kissing-vs-kissinger)
- **killing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/killing-vs-kissing)
- **kidding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kidding-vs-kissing)
- **kicking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kicking-vs-kissing)
- **Kipling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kipling-vs-kissing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ikssing`, `kising`, `kisisng`, `kissign`, `kissingg`, `kissinng`, `kissnig`, `kkissing`, `ksising`

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