# posing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpəʊzɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,088

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pose

## Easily confused with
- **posit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-posit)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-prying)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-puking)
- **pushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-pushing)
- **posting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-posting)
- **proving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-proving)
- **pouring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-pouring)
- **probing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-probing)
- **pulsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-pulsing)
- **potting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-potting)
- **pouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-pouting)
- **postings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-postings)
- **ping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ping-vs-posing)
- **pong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pong-vs-posing)
- **point** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/point-vs-posing)
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-posing)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paving-vs-posing)
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-posing)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poking-vs-posing)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-posing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`opsing`, `poisng`, `posign`, `posingg`, `posinng`, `posnig`, `possing`, `pposing`, `psoing`

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