# planning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈplænɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,349

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of plan

## Easily confused with
- **playing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planning-vs-playing)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planning-vs-plating)
- **planting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planning-vs-planting)
- **plunging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planning-vs-plunging)
- **prancing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planning-vs-prancing)
- **plantings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planning-vs-plantings)
- **placing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-planning)
- **pinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinning-vs-planning)
- **panting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panting-vs-planning)
- **panning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panning-vs-planning)
- **planing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-planning)
- **penning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penning-vs-planning)
- **plaguing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plaguing-vs-planning)

## Common misspellings (10)
`lpanning`, `palnning`, `planinng`, `plannign`, `planningg`, `planninng`, `plannnig`, `pllanning`, `plnaning`, `pplanning`

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