# looming

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈluːmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,887

## Definitions
1. gerund of loom: the condition of something that looms or towers.

## Etymology
From loom + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **losing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looming-vs-losing)
- **loving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looming-vs-loving)
- **Loomis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looming-vs-loomis)
- **loring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looming-vs-loring)
- **looting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looming-vs-looting)
- **looping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looming-vs-looping)
- **looking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looking-vs-looming)
- **loading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-looming)
- **locking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locking-vs-looming)
- **logging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/logging-vs-looming)
- **longing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longing-vs-looming)
- **lodging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodging-vs-looming)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaning-vs-looming)

## Common misspellings (10)
`llooming`, `loming`, `lomoing`, `looimng`, `loomign`, `loomingg`, `loominng`, `loomming`, `loomnig`, `oloming`

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