# sensing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsɛnsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #12,322

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of sense

## Easily confused with
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-sewing)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-setting)
- **serving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-serving)
- **singing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-singing)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-sinking)
- **sexting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-sexting)
- **syncing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-syncing)
- **sinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-sinning)
- **spending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-spending)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeing-vs-sensing)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sensing)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sensing)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sensing)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-sensing)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sealing-vs-sensing)
- **seeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-sensing)
- **seizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-sensing)
- **seeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeding-vs-sensing)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-sensing)
- **seeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeping-vs-sensing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`esnsing`, `senisng`, `sennsing`, `sensign`, `sensingg`, `sensinng`, `sensnig`, `senssing`, `sesning`, `snesing`, `ssensing`

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