# remaining

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,364

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of remain

## Etymology
By surface analysis, remain + -ing.

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

## Common misspellings (13)
`ermaining`, `reamining`, `remaiinng`, `remainign`, `remainingg`, `remaininng`, `remainnig`, `remainning`, `remaniing`, `remianing`, `remmaining`, `rmeaining`, `rremaining`

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