# promising

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,001

## Definitions
1. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
2. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

## Easily confused with
- **providing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promising-vs-providing)
- **promoting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promising-vs-promoting)
- **prompting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promising-vs-prompting)
- **praising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praising-vs-promising)
- **profiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/profiling-vs-promising)

## Common misspellings (14)
`pormising`, `ppromising`, `prmoising`, `proimsing`, `promiisng`, `promisign`, `promisingg`, `promisinng`, `promisnig`, `promissing`, `prommising`, `promsiing`, `prromising`, `rpomising`

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