# roving

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹoʊvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #29,820

## Definitions
1. Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.
2. Of the eyes or gaze, inspecting all over; not staying fixed on one subject.

## Etymology
From rove + -ing

## Easily confused with
- **ruling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roving-vs-ruling)
- **rowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roving-vs-rowing)
- **rowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roving-vs-rowling)
- **ring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ring-vs-roving)
- **Rong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rong-vs-roving)
- **robin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robin-vs-roving)
- **ronin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ronin-vs-roving)
- **rising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rising-vs-roving)
- **racing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-roving)
- **riding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riding-vs-roving)
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rating-vs-roving)
- **raging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raging-vs-roving)
- **raping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raping-vs-roving)
- **ravine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ravine-vs-roving)
- **raving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raving-vs-roving)
- **raking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raking-vs-roving)
- **rolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-roving)
- **rocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-roving)
- **rooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-roving)
- **routing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/routing-vs-roving)

## Common misspellings (9)
`orving`, `roivng`, `rovign`, `rovingg`, `rovinng`, `rovnig`, `rovving`, `rroving`, `rvoing`

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