# leaning

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈliːnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,449

## Definitions
1. A tendency or propensity.

## Etymology
From Middle English lening, leninge, from Old English hlinung (“leaning; resting; place of rest”), equivalent to lean + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **Lenin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-lenin)
- **lining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-lining)
- **leaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-leaving)
- **letting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-letting)
- **loading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-loading)
- **lending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-lending)
- **leasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-leasing)
- **leaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-leaping)
- **Lessing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-lessing)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-loaning)
- **learning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-learning)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-leaning)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-leaning)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-leaning)
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leading-vs-leaning)
- **landing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-leaning)
- **leaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-leaning)
- **Lansing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lansing-vs-leaning)
- **leaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-leaning)

## Common misspellings (10)
`elaning`, `laening`, `leainng`, `leanign`, `leaningg`, `leaninng`, `leannig`, `leanning`, `lenaing`, `lleaning`

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