# ming

> English word · Verb · IPA /mɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,168

## Definitions
1. To mix, blend, mingle.
2. To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
3. To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.

## Etymology
From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to mix, knead”), from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to rumple, knead”). Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mix, blend, mingle”), German mengen (“to mix”), Danish mænge (“to rub”), Old English ġemang (“mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation”). More at among.

## Easily confused with
- **MN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mn)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mix)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mon)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mit)
- **mug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mug)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mir)
- **MSG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-msg)
- **mpg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mpg)
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mun)
- **MSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-msn)
- **miz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-miz)
- **MLG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mlg)
- **miss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-miss)
- **mini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mini)
- **monk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-monk)
- **mint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mint)
- **mist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mist)
- **mona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mona)
- **mont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mont)
- **mitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mitt)

## Common misspellings (6)
`imng`, `mign`, `mingg`, `minng`, `mming`, `mnig`

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