# pouring

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,843

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pour

## Easily confused with
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pouring-vs-puking)
- **pruning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pouring-vs-pruning)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pouring-vs-purging)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pouring-vs-purring)
- **pouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pouring-vs-pouting)
- **procuring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pouring-vs-procuring)
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-pouring)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poking-vs-pouring)
- **posting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posting-vs-pouring)
- **popping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popping-vs-pouring)
- **pairing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-pouring)
- **pausing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pausing-vs-pouring)
- **pooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooping-vs-pouring)
- **peering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-pouring)
- **pooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooling-vs-pouring)
- **potting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potting-vs-pouring)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porting-vs-pouring)
- **pounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pounding-vs-pouring)
- **posturing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posturing-vs-pouring)

## Common misspellings (10)
`opuring`, `poruing`, `pouirng`, `pourign`, `pouringg`, `pourinng`, `pournig`, `pourring`, `ppouring`, `puoring`

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