# playing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #424

## Definitions
1. An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.

## Etymology
From Middle English playing; equivalent to play + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playing-vs-prying)
- **plying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playing-vs-plying)
- **praying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playing-vs-praying)
- **pleasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playing-vs-pleasing)
- **pleading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playing-vs-pleading)
- **plain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plain-vs-playing)
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-playing)
- **plains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plains-vs-playing)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paving-vs-playing)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-playing)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-playing)
- **placing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-playing)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-playing)
- **peaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peaking-vs-playing)
- **phasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phasing-vs-playing)
- **planing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-playing)
- **planning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planning-vs-playing)
- **planting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planting-vs-playing)
- **plaguing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plaguing-vs-playing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lpaying`, `palying`, `plaiyng`, `playign`, `playingg`, `playinng`, `playnig`, `playying`, `pllaying`, `plyaing`, `pplaying`

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