# ripping

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹɪpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,595

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of rip

## Easily confused with
- **rising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripping-vs-rising)
- **risking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripping-vs-risking)
- **rippling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripping-vs-rippling)
- **riding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riding-vs-ripping)
- **raping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raping-vs-ripping)
- **ringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringing-vs-ripping)
- **rigging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rigging-vs-ripping)
- **rapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapping-vs-ripping)
- **reaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reaping-vs-ripping)
- **rinsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rinsing-vs-ripping)
- **rifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rifling-vs-ripping)

## Common misspellings (9)
`irpping`, `riping`, `ripipng`, `rippign`, `rippingg`, `rippinng`, `rippnig`, `rpiping`, `rripping`

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