# needing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #6,938

## Definitions
1. A need.

## Easily confused with
- **nesting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/needing-vs-nesting)
- **netting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/needing-vs-netting)
- **nodding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/needing-vs-nodding)
- **Nearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nearing-vs-needing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`eneding`, `nedeing`, `needding`, `needign`, `needingg`, `needinng`, `neednig`, `neeidng`, `nneeding`

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