# leaping

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈliːpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #21,562

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of leap

## Easily confused with
- **leaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-leaving)
- **letting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-letting)
- **loading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-loading)
- **lending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-lending)
- **leasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-leasing)
- **looping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-looping)
- **limping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-limping)
- **Lessing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-lessing)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-loaning)
- **learning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-learning)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-leaping)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-leaping)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-leaping)
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leading-vs-leaping)
- **leaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-leaping)
- **leaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-leaping)
- **lapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapping-vs-leaping)
- **leaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-leaping)

## Common misspellings (10)
`elaping`, `laeping`, `leaipng`, `leapign`, `leapingg`, `leapinng`, `leapnig`, `leapping`, `lepaing`, `lleaping`

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