# renting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹɛntɪŋ/ · frequency rank #12,669

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of rent

## Etymology
rent + -ing

## Easily confused with
- **retina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-retina)
- **Renton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-renton)
- **running** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-running)
- **resting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-resting)
- **ringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-ringing)
- **rooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-rooting)
- **routing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-routing)
- **rotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-rotting)
- **rusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-rusting)
- **rinsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-rinsing)
- **reusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-reusing)
- **revving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-revving)
- **reuniting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-reuniting)
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rating-vs-renting)
- **reading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-renting)
- **ranging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-renting)
- **ranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranking-vs-renting)
- **ranting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-renting)
- **rearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rearing-vs-renting)
- **reeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-renting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ernting`, `renitng`, `rennting`, `rentign`, `rentingg`, `rentinng`, `rentnig`, `rentting`, `retning`, `rneting`, `rrenting`

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