# missing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #950

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of miss

## Etymology
By surface analysis, miss + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **mixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missing-vs-mixing)
- **musing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missing-vs-musing)
- **mission** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missing-vs-mission)
- **missions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missing-vs-missions)
- **mining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mining-vs-missing)
- **missile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missile-vs-missing)
- **Messing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/messing-vs-missing)
- **milling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-missing)
- **milking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-missing)
- **masking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masking-vs-missing)
- **minding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minding-vs-missing)
- **Messina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/messina-vs-missing)
- **massing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/massing-vs-missing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`imssing`, `mising`, `misisng`, `missign`, `missingg`, `missinng`, `missnig`, `mmissing`, `msising`

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