# seizing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsizɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,200

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of seize

## Etymology
From seize + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **skiing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-skiing)
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-sewing)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-siding)
- **sizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-sizing)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-siting)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-selling)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-setting)
- **serving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-serving)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-sending)
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-smiling)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-shining)
- **sliding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-sliding)
- **sensing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-sensing)
- **slicing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-slicing)
- **sexting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-sexting)
- **sniping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-sniping)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-spiking)
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-suiting)
- **sneezing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-sneezing)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeing-vs-seizing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`esizing`, `seiizng`, `seizign`, `seizingg`, `seizinng`, `seiznig`, `seizzing`, `seziing`, `siezing`, `sseizing`

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