# prying

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɹaɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #34,239

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pry

## Easily confused with
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prying-vs-puking)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prying-vs-purging)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prying-vs-purring)
- **ping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ping-vs-prying)
- **print** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/print-vs-prying)
- **prong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prong-vs-prying)
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paying-vs-prying)
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-prying)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paving-vs-prying)
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-prying)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poking-vs-prying)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-prying)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piling-vs-prying)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peking-vs-prying)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-prying)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pining-vs-prying)
- **plying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plying-vs-prying)
- **playing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playing-vs-prying)
- **parking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-prying)
- **pricing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricing-vs-prying)

## Common misspellings (10)
`pprying`, `priyng`, `prrying`, `pryign`, `pryingg`, `pryinng`, `prynig`, `pryying`, `pyring`, `rpying`

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