# laying

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈleɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,514

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of lay

## Easily confused with
- **lying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-lying)
- **Layne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-layne)
- **living** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-living)
- **losing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-losing)
- **loving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-loving)
- **liking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-liking)
- **lining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-lining)
- **luring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-luring)
- **loring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-loring)
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-leading)
- **leaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-leaving)
- **loading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-loading)
- **leaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-leaning)
- **leaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-leaking)
- **leasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-leasing)
- **leaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-leaping)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-loaning)
- **lang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lang-vs-laying)
- **lain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lain-vs-laying)
- **Latin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latin-vs-laying)

## Common misspellings (9)
`alying`, `laiyng`, `layign`, `layingg`, `layinng`, `laynig`, `layying`, `llaying`, `lyaing`

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