# seeming

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsiːmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,791

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of seem

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

## Easily confused with
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-sewing)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-selling)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-setting)
- **serving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-serving)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-sending)
- **sensing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-sensing)
- **shaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-shaming)
- **seizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-seizing)
- **spewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-spewing)
- **sexting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-sexting)
- **summing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-summing)
- **seeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-seeping)
- **sleeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-sleeping)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-steering)
- **sweeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-sweeping)
- **speeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-speeding)
- **steaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-steaming)
- **sneezing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-sneezing)
- **seething** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-seething)
- **severing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-severing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`eseming`, `seeimng`, `seemign`, `seemingg`, `seeminng`, `seemming`, `seemnig`, `semeing`, `seming`, `sseeming`

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