# plunging

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈplʌn.d͡ʒɪŋ/ · frequency rank #26,917

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of plunge

## Easily confused with
- **pruning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plunging-vs-pruning)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plunging-vs-purging)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plunging-vs-punting)
- **pounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plunging-vs-pounding)
- **plugin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plugin-vs-plunging)
- **planing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planing-vs-plunging)
- **pinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-plunging)
- **planning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planning-vs-plunging)
- **planting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planting-vs-plunging)
- **plumbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plumbing-vs-plunging)
- **plugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plugging-vs-plunging)
- **pledging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pledging-vs-plunging)
- **plucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plucking-vs-plunging)

## Common misspellings (13)
`lpunging`, `pllunging`, `plnuging`, `plugning`, `plungging`, `plungign`, `plungingg`, `plunginng`, `plungnig`, `plunigng`, `plunnging`, `pplunging`, `pulnging`

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