# loaning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈləʊnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #44,905

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of loan

## Easily confused with
- **losing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-losing)
- **loving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-loving)
- **loring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-loring)
- **looking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-looking)
- **locking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-locking)
- **logging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-logging)
- **longing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-longing)
- **looting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-looting)
- **lodging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-lodging)
- **looming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-looming)
- **looping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-looping)
- **loathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-loathing)
- **lounging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-lounging)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-loaning)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-loaning)
- **lining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-loaning)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-loaning)
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leading-vs-loaning)
- **leaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-loaning)
- **landing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-loaning)

## Common misspellings (10)
`laoning`, `lloaning`, `loainng`, `loanign`, `loaningg`, `loaninng`, `loannig`, `loanning`, `lonaing`, `olaning`

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