# pushing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,387

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of push

## Easily confused with
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pushing-vs-putting)
- **Pushkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pushing-vs-pushkin)
- **posing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posing-vs-pushing)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puking-vs-pushing)
- **passing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passing-vs-pushing)
- **posting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posting-vs-pushing)
- **pulling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-pushing)
- **pumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pumping-vs-pushing)
- **pudding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pudding-vs-pushing)
- **pissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pissing-vs-pushing)
- **pausing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pausing-vs-pushing)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purging-vs-pushing)
- **pulsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsing-vs-pushing)
- **puffing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-pushing)
- **pasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pasting-vs-pushing)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purring-vs-pushing)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punting-vs-pushing)
- **pursuing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pursuing-vs-pushing)
- **punching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punching-vs-pushing)
- **phishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phishing-vs-pushing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ppushing`, `psuhing`, `puhsing`, `pushhing`, `pushign`, `pushingg`, `pushinng`, `pushnig`, `pusihng`, `pusshing`, `upshing`

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