# sowing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsəʊɪŋ/ · frequency rank #29,099

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of sow

## Easily confused with
- **sown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-sown)
- **swig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-swig)
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-swing)
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-sting)
- **suing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-suing)
- **swung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-swung)
- **swine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-swine)
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-spring)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-string)
- **swings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-swings)
- **spying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-spying)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-storing)
- **spewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-spewing)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-stoning)
- **song** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/song-vs-sowing)
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sing-vs-sowing)
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sling-vs-sowing)
- **saying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saying-vs-sowing)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeing-vs-sowing)
- **saving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saving-vs-sowing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`oswing`, `soiwng`, `sowign`, `sowingg`, `sowinng`, `sownig`, `sowwing`, `ssowing`, `swoing`

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