# phoning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfəʊnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #36,710

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of phone

## Easily confused with
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-posing)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-poking)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-pining)
- **proving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-proving)
- **probing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-probing)
- **pinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-pinning)
- **pruning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-pruning)
- **pooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-pooping)
- **pooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-pooling)
- **planing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-planing)
- **phasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phasing-vs-phoning)
- **panning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panning-vs-phoning)
- **penning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-phoning)
- **phonics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phonics-vs-phoning)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hponing`, `phhoning`, `phnoing`, `phoinng`, `phonign`, `phoningg`, `phoninng`, `phonnig`, `phonning`, `pohning`, `pphoning`

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