# pleasing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpliːzɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,424

## Definitions
1. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

## Etymology
From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **pressing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleasing-vs-pressing)
- **pledging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleasing-vs-pledging)
- **playing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playing-vs-pleasing)
- **placing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placing-vs-pleasing)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plating-vs-pleasing)
- **peaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peaking-vs-pleasing)
- **phasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phasing-vs-pleasing)
- **planing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-pleasing)
- **pleasant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleasant-vs-pleasing)
- **pleading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleading-vs-pleasing)
- **phrasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phrasing-vs-pleasing)

## Common misspellings (12)
`lpeasing`, `pelasing`, `plaesing`, `pleaisng`, `pleasign`, `pleasingg`, `pleasinng`, `pleasnig`, `pleassing`, `plesaing`, `plleasing`, `ppleasing`

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