# learning

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɝnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,276

## Definitions
1. An act in which something is learned.
2. Accumulated knowledge.
3. Something that has been learned.

## Etymology
From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu (“learning”), equivalent to learn + -ing. Cognate with Old Saxon lernunga, German Lernung.

## Easily confused with
- **leaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/learning-vs-leaving)
- **leasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/learning-vs-leasing)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/learning-vs-loaning)
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leading-vs-learning)
- **leaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-learning)
- **leaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-learning)
- **leaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-learning)
- **leaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-learning)

## Common misspellings (12)
`elarning`, `laerning`, `leanring`, `learinng`, `learnign`, `learningg`, `learninng`, `learnnig`, `learnning`, `learrning`, `leraning`, `llearning`

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