# severing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsɛvəɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #36,338

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of sever

## Easily confused with
- **Severn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/severing-vs-severn)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/severing-vs-steering)
- **severity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/severing-vs-severity)
- **sobering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/severing-vs-sobering)
- **shivering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/severing-vs-shivering)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeing-vs-severing)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-severing)
- **seeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-severing)
- **seeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeding-vs-severing)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-severing)
- **seeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeping-vs-severing)
- **securing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/securing-vs-severing)

## Common misspellings (12)
`esvering`, `seevring`, `seveirng`, `severign`, `severingg`, `severinng`, `severnig`, `severring`, `sevreing`, `sevvering`, `ssevering`, `sveering`

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