# regaining

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,932

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is regained.

## Easily confused with
- **regarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regaining-vs-regarding)
- **remaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regaining-vs-remaining)
- **retaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regaining-vs-retaining)
- **repairing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regaining-vs-repairing)
- **retailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regaining-vs-retailing)
- **retraining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regaining-vs-retraining)
- **raining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-regaining)
- **refining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refining-vs-regaining)
- **reclining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reclining-vs-regaining)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ergaining`, `reagining`, `regaiinng`, `regainign`, `regainingg`, `regaininng`, `regainnig`, `regainning`, `reganiing`, `reggaining`, `regianing`, `rgeaining`, `rregaining`

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