# ranging

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #5,255

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of range

## Easily confused with
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-rating)
- **raping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-raping)
- **Rankin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-rankin)
- **raving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-raving)
- **running** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-running)
- **ranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-ranking)
- **ringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-ringing)
- **renting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-renting)
- **rigging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-rigging)
- **rapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-rapping)
- **ranting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-ranting)
- **rinsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-rinsing)
- **racing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-ranging)
- **raging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raging-vs-ranging)
- **raking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raking-vs-ranging)
- **raising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-ranging)
- **raining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-ranging)
- **raiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raiding-vs-ranging)
- **railing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/railing-vs-ranging)
- **racking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racking-vs-ranging)

## Common misspellings (11)
`arnging`, `ragning`, `rangging`, `rangign`, `rangingg`, `ranginng`, `rangnig`, `ranigng`, `rannging`, `rnaging`, `rranging`

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