# slowing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈslaː.ɪn/ · frequency rank #11,122

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of slow

## Easily confused with
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowing-vs-swing)
- **sowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowing-vs-sowing)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowing-vs-smoking)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowing-vs-storing)
- **snoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowing-vs-snoring)
- **snowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowing-vs-snowing)
- **spewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowing-vs-spewing)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowing-vs-stoning)
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sling-vs-slowing)
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewing-vs-slowing)
- **sawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-slowing)
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-slowing)
- **scoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoring-vs-slowing)
- **sliding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-slowing)
- **slaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-slowing)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-slowing)
- **slicing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slicing-vs-slowing)
- **sloping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloping-vs-slowing)
- **scoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-slowing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lsowing`, `sllowing`, `sloiwng`, `slowign`, `slowingg`, `slowinng`, `slownig`, `slowwing`, `slwoing`, `solwing`, `sslowing`

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