# showing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈʃəʊɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,409

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of show

## Etymology
From Middle English schewynge, schewand, schewande, schewende, from Old English sċēawiende, from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōndī, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, observe”), equivalent to show + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **shown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-shown)
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-swing)
- **sowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-sowing)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-smoking)
- **slowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-slowing)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-storing)
- **snoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-snoring)
- **snowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-snowing)
- **sloping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-sloping)
- **spewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-spewing)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-stoning)
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewing-vs-showing)
- **sawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-showing)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-showing)
- **scoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoring-vs-showing)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-showing)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shining-vs-showing)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-showing)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-showing)
- **shaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-showing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsowing`, `shhowing`, `shoiwng`, `showign`, `showingg`, `showinng`, `shownig`, `showwing`, `shwoing`, `sohwing`, `sshowing`

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