# penning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɛnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #39,952

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pen

## Easily confused with
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-pining)
- **pinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-pinning)
- **petting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-petting)
- **pruning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-pruning)
- **phoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-phoning)
- **planing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-planing)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-punting)
- **pinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-pinging)
- **planning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-planning)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peking-vs-penning)
- **Penang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penang-vs-penning)
- **pending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pending-vs-penning)
- **pennies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pennies-vs-penning)
- **peeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeling-vs-penning)
- **peaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peaking-vs-penning)
- **panting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panting-vs-penning)
- **peering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-penning)
- **peeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeking-vs-penning)
- **peeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeping-vs-penning)
- **pennant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pennant-vs-penning)

## Common misspellings (9)
`epnning`, `pening`, `peninng`, `pennign`, `penningg`, `penninng`, `pennnig`, `pnening`, `ppenning`

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