# purging

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #31,303

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of purge

## Etymology
From Middle English purgynge; equivalent to purge + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purging-vs-putting)
- **pushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purging-vs-pushing)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purging-vs-purring)
- **pursuing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purging-vs-pursuing)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-purging)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prying-vs-purging)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puking-vs-purging)
- **parking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-purging)
- **pulling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-purging)
- **pouring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pouring-vs-purging)
- **pumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pumping-vs-purging)
- **pudding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pudding-vs-purging)
- **parting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-purging)
- **pulsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsing-vs-purging)
- **parsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-purging)
- **puffing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-purging)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punting-vs-purging)
- **pegging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pegging-vs-purging)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porting-vs-purging)
- **pinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinging-vs-purging)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ppurging`, `pruging`, `pugring`, `purgging`, `purgign`, `purgingg`, `purginng`, `purgnig`, `purigng`, `purrging`, `uprging`

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