# plying

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈplaɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #41,811

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of ply

## Easily confused with
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plying-vs-posing)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plying-vs-poking)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plying-vs-prying)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plying-vs-puking)
- **pulling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plying-vs-pulling)
- **praying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plying-vs-praying)
- **pulsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plying-vs-pulsing)
- **ping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ping-vs-plying)
- **plain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plain-vs-plying)
- **Pliny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pliny-vs-plying)
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-plying)
- **plains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plains-vs-plying)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paving-vs-plying)
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-plying)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-plying)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piling-vs-plying)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peking-vs-plying)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-plying)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pining-vs-plying)
- **playing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playing-vs-plying)

## Common misspellings (10)
`lpying`, `pliyng`, `pllying`, `plyign`, `plyingg`, `plyinng`, `plynig`, `plyying`, `pplying`, `pyling`

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