# pumping

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpʌmpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,516

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pump

## Easily confused with
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pumping-vs-putting)
- **pushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pumping-vs-pushing)
- **pumpkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pumping-vs-pumpkin)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pumping-vs-purging)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pumping-vs-purring)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pumping-vs-punting)
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-pumping)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puking-vs-pumping)
- **pulling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-pumping)
- **popping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popping-vs-pumping)
- **pudding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pudding-vs-pumping)
- **pooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooping-vs-pumping)
- **peeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeping-vs-pumping)
- **pulsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsing-vs-pumping)
- **puffing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-pumping)
- **pimping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimping-vs-pumping)
- **plumbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plumbing-vs-pumping)

## Common misspellings (11)
`pmuping`, `ppumping`, `pumipng`, `pummping`, `pumpign`, `pumpingg`, `pumpinng`, `pumpnig`, `pumpping`, `pupming`, `upmping`

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