# reading

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #753

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of read

## Etymology
From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **riding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-riding)
- **resting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-resting)
- **renting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-renting)
- **roaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-roaring)
- **roaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-roaming)
- **rearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-rearing)
- **reeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-reeling)
- **Redding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-redding)
- **reaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-reaping)
- **reusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-reusing)
- **revving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-revving)
- **relating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-relating)
- **relaxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-relaxing)
- **receding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-receding)
- **renaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-renaming)
- **relaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-relaying)
- **remaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-remaking)
- **retaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-retaking)
- **regarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-regarding)
- **rereading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-rereading)

## Common misspellings (10)
`erading`, `raeding`, `readding`, `readign`, `readingg`, `readinng`, `readnig`, `reaidng`, `redaing`, `rreading`

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