# pacing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpeɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #18,386

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pace

## Easily confused with
- **pain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-pain)
- **ping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-ping)
- **pang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-pang)
- **paint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-paint)
- **pains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-pains)
- **paine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-paine)
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-paying)
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-posing)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-paving)
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-piping)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-poking)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-piling)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-peking)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-paging)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-prying)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-puking)
- **Pacino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-pacino)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-pining)
- **plying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-plying)
- **panini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-panini)

## Common misspellings (9)
`apcing`, `paccing`, `pacign`, `pacingg`, `pacinng`, `pacnig`, `paicng`, `pcaing`, `ppacing`

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