# running

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹʌniŋ/ · frequency rank #596

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of run

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

## Easily confused with
- **rushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/running-vs-rushing)
- **rusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/running-vs-rusting)
- **ruling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ruling-vs-running)
- **ranging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranging-vs-running)
- **ranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranking-vs-running)
- **raining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-running)
- **rubbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbing-vs-running)
- **ringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringing-vs-running)
- **renting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-running)
- **ranting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranting-vs-running)
- **rinsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rinsing-vs-running)
- **rounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rounding-vs-running)

## Common misspellings (9)
`rnuning`, `rrunning`, `runing`, `runinng`, `runnign`, `runningg`, `runninng`, `runnnig`, `urnning`

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