# pending

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɛndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,947

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pend

## Easily confused with
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-pining)
- **pudding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-pudding)
- **pinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-pinning)
- **petting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-petting)
- **penning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-penning)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-punting)
- **pinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-pinging)
- **pounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-pounding)
- **pleading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-pleading)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peking-vs-pending)
- **Penang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penang-vs-pending)
- **pendant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pendant-vs-pending)
- **peeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeling-vs-pending)
- **padding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/padding-vs-pending)
- **peaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peaking-vs-pending)
- **panting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panting-vs-pending)
- **peering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-pending)
- **peeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeking-vs-pending)
- **peeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeping-vs-pending)
- **pecking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-pending)

## Common misspellings (11)
`epnding`, `pedning`, `pendding`, `pendign`, `pendingg`, `pendinng`, `pendnig`, `penidng`, `pennding`, `pneding`, `ppending`

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