# placing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,444

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of place

## Easily confused with
- **plain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-plain)
- **plains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-plains)
- **plying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-plying)
- **playing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-playing)
- **pricing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-pricing)
- **praying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-praying)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-plating)
- **planing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-planing)
- **planning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-planning)
- **planting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-planting)
- **pleasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-pleasing)
- **policing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-policing)
- **pleading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-pleading)
- **plucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-plucking)
- **plaguing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-plaguing)
- **prancing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-prancing)
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-placing)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paving-vs-placing)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-placing)
- **placid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placid-vs-placing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lpacing`, `palcing`, `placcing`, `placign`, `placingg`, `placinng`, `placnig`, `plaicng`, `plcaing`, `pllacing`, `pplacing`

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