# ranting

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #24,289

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of rant

## Etymology
From rant + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-rating)
- **raping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-raping)
- **raving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-raving)
- **running** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-running)
- **resting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-resting)
- **ringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-ringing)
- **renting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-renting)
- **rooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-rooting)
- **routing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-routing)
- **rotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-rotting)
- **rapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-rapping)
- **rusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-rusting)
- **rinsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-rinsing)
- **roasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-roasting)
- **rattling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-rattling)
- **racing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-ranting)
- **raging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raging-vs-ranting)
- **Rankin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rankin-vs-ranting)
- **raking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raking-vs-ranting)
- **raising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-ranting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`arnting`, `ranitng`, `rannting`, `rantign`, `rantingg`, `rantinng`, `rantnig`, `rantting`, `ratning`, `rnating`, `rranting`

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