# naming

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈneɪmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,579

## Definitions
1. The process of giving names to things.
2. A ritual or ceremony in which a person's name is given or announced.

## Easily confused with
- **nang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naming-vs-nang)
- **noting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naming-vs-noting)
- **Nearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naming-vs-nearing)
- **napping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naming-vs-napping)
- **Nanjing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naming-vs-nanjing)
- **numbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naming-vs-numbing)
- **Nanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naming-vs-nanking)
- **NAMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nami-vs-naming)
- **Nadine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadine-vs-naming)
- **nagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nagging-vs-naming)
- **nailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nailing-vs-naming)

## Common misspellings (9)
`anming`, `naimng`, `namign`, `namingg`, `naminng`, `namming`, `namnig`, `nmaing`, `nnaming`

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