# sliding

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈslaɪdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,728

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of slide

## Easily confused with
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-sling)
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-smiling)
- **slowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-slowing)
- **sloping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-sloping)
- **sniping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-sniping)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-spiking)
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-suiting)
- **slipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-slipping)
- **slimming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-slimming)
- **striding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-striding)
- **skiing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skiing-vs-sliding)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siding-vs-sliding)
- **sizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sizing-vs-sliding)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siting-vs-sliding)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sliding)
- **sailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sailing-vs-sliding)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shining-vs-sliding)
- **seizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seizing-vs-sliding)
- **shading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-sliding)
- **slaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-sliding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lsiding`, `silding`, `sldiing`, `slidding`, `slidign`, `slidingg`, `slidinng`, `slidnig`, `sliidng`, `slliding`, `ssliding`

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