# leaving

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈliːvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,123

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of leave

## Easily confused with
- **levin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-levin)
- **living** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-living)
- **loving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-loving)
- **Levine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-levine)
- **letting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-letting)
- **loading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-loading)
- **lending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-lending)
- **Lessing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-lessing)
- **Leavitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-leavitt)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-loaning)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-leaving)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-leaving)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-leaving)
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leading-vs-leaving)
- **leaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-leaving)
- **leaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-leaving)
- **leasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leasing-vs-leaving)
- **leaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-leaving)
- **learning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/learning-vs-leaving)
- **leaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaching-vs-leaving)

## Common misspellings (10)
`elaving`, `laeving`, `leaivng`, `leavign`, `leavingg`, `leavinng`, `leavnig`, `leavving`, `levaing`, `lleaving`

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