# sending

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsɛndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,463

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of send

## Easily confused with
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sewing)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-siding)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-setting)
- **serving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-serving)
- **singing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-singing)
- **sliding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sliding)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sinking)
- **sensing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sensing)
- **shading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-shading)
- **sexting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sexting)
- **syncing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-syncing)
- **sinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sinning)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-standing)
- **spending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-spending)
- **sounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sounding)
- **speeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-speeding)
- **shedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-shedding)
- **sledding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sledding)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeing-vs-sending)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sending)

## Common misspellings (11)
`esnding`, `sedning`, `sendding`, `sendign`, `sendingg`, `sendinng`, `sendnig`, `senidng`, `sennding`, `sneding`, `ssending`

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