# losing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈluːzɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,487

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of lose

## Easily confused with
- **lying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/losing-vs-lying)
- **Lovin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/losing-vs-lovin)
- **loving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/losing-vs-loving)
- **luring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/losing-vs-luring)
- **lysine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/losing-vs-lysine)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/long-vs-losing)
- **loin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-losing)
- **login** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/login-vs-losing)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-losing)
- **loins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loins-vs-losing)
- **living** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/living-vs-losing)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-losing)
- **liking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-losing)
- **lining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-losing)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-losing)
- **loring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loring-vs-losing)
- **looking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looking-vs-losing)
- **listing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/listing-vs-losing)
- **lasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-losing)
- **loading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loading-vs-losing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`llosing`, `loisng`, `losign`, `losingg`, `losinng`, `losnig`, `lossing`, `lsoing`, `olsing`

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