# rowing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹoʊɪŋ/ · frequency rank #17,469

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of row (“propel with oars”)

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

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

## Common misspellings (9)
`orwing`, `roiwng`, `rowign`, `rowingg`, `rowinng`, `rownig`, `rowwing`, `rrowing`, `rwoing`

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