# lowering

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈləʊ.ə.ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,915

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of lower

## Etymology
c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low. From Middle English lahghenn, (c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c.

## Easily confused with
- **loring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loring-vs-lowering)
- **layering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layering-vs-lowering)
- **loitering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loitering-vs-lowering)

## Common misspellings (12)
`llowering`, `loewring`, `loweirng`, `lowerign`, `loweringg`, `lowerinng`, `lowernig`, `lowerring`, `lowreing`, `lowwering`, `lwoering`, `olwering`

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