# passing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɑːsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,362

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pass

## Etymology
From pass + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-paying)
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-posing)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-paving)
- **passion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-passion)
- **pushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-pushing)
- **posting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-posting)
- **passive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-passive)
- **pissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-pissing)
- **pausing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-pausing)
- **phasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-phasing)
- **patting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-patting)
- **pulsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-pulsing)
- **pasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-pasting)
- **pressing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-pressing)
- **praising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-praising)
- **passions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-passions)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-passing)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-passing)
- **parking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-passing)
- **packing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-passing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`apssing`, `pasing`, `pasisng`, `passign`, `passingg`, `passinng`, `passnig`, `ppassing`, `psasing`

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