# planing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpleɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #39,030

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of plane

## Easily confused with
- **plying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-plying)
- **playing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-playing)
- **praying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-praying)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-plating)
- **pruning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-pruning)
- **planning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-planning)
- **planting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-planting)
- **pleasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-pleasing)
- **pleading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-pleading)
- **plunging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-plunging)
- **prancing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-prancing)
- **plantings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-plantings)
- **plain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plain-vs-planing)
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-planing)
- **plains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plains-vs-planing)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paving-vs-planing)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-planing)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-planing)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pining-vs-planing)
- **panini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panini-vs-planing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`lpaning`, `palning`, `plainng`, `planign`, `planingg`, `plannig`, `pllaning`, `plnaing`, `pplaning`

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