# paying

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,834

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pay

## Etymology
From pay + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **ping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-ping)
- **Payne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-payne)
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-posing)
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-piping)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-poking)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-piling)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-peking)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-prying)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-puking)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-pining)
- **plying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-plying)
- **playing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-playing)
- **placing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-placing)
- **praying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-praying)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-plating)
- **peaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-peaking)
- **phasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-phasing)
- **planing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-planing)
- **pain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pain-vs-paying)
- **pang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pang-vs-paying)

## Common misspellings (9)
`apying`, `paiyng`, `payign`, `payingg`, `payinng`, `paynig`, `payying`, `ppaying`, `pyaing`

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