# piping

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,773

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pipe

## Easily confused with
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-posing)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-poking)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-prying)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-puking)
- **pippin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-pippin)
- **plying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-plying)
- **pricing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-pricing)
- **popping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-popping)
- **pumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-pumping)
- **pissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-pissing)
- **pooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-pooping)
- **pitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-pitting)
- **priming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-priming)
- **ping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ping-vs-piping)
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-piping)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paving-vs-piping)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-piping)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piling-vs-piping)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peking-vs-piping)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-piping)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ipping`, `piipng`, `pipign`, `pipingg`, `pipinng`, `pipnig`, `pipping`, `ppiing`, `ppiping`

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