# proving

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɹuːvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,171

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of prove

## Etymology
From Middle English provyng, pryvynge, equivalent to prove + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proving-vs-prying)
- **pruning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proving-vs-pruning)
- **proviso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proving-vs-proviso)
- **prowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proving-vs-prowling)
- **provoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proving-vs-provoking)
- **prong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prong-vs-proving)
- **proven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proven-vs-proving)
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-proving)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paving-vs-proving)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poking-vs-proving)
- **provide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/provide-vs-proving)
- **pricing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricing-vs-proving)
- **praying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praying-vs-proving)
- **probing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probing-vs-proving)
- **prolong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prolong-vs-proving)
- **pooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooping-vs-proving)
- **pooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooling-vs-proving)
- **priming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priming-vs-proving)
- **phoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phoning-vs-proving)
- **province** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/province-vs-proving)

## Common misspellings (11)
`porving`, `pproving`, `proivng`, `provign`, `provingg`, `provinng`, `provnig`, `provving`, `prroving`, `prvoing`, `rpoving`

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