# providing

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹəˈvaɪdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,962

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of provide

## Easily confused with
- **proving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/providing-vs-proving)
- **provoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/providing-vs-provoking)
- **prodding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prodding-vs-providing)
- **promising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promising-vs-providing)
- **profiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/profiling-vs-providing)
- **provident** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provident-vs-providing)

## Common misspellings (14)
`porviding`, `pproviding`, `proivding`, `provdiing`, `providding`, `providign`, `providingg`, `providinng`, `providnig`, `proviidng`, `provviding`, `prroviding`, `prvoiding`, `rpoviding`

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