# speeding

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈspiːdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,610

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of speed

## Etymology
From speed + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **spewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speeding-vs-spewing)
- **spending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speeding-vs-spending)
- **spelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speeding-vs-spelling)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speeding-vs-steering)
- **sweeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speeding-vs-sweeping)
- **spreading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speeding-vs-spreading)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeing-vs-speeding)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-speeding)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-speeding)
- **seeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-speeding)
- **seeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeding-vs-speeding)
- **seeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeping-vs-speeding)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaking-vs-speeding)
- **sleeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeping-vs-speeding)
- **shedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shedding-vs-speeding)
- **sneezing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sneezing-vs-speeding)
- **seedling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-speeding)
- **speedily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedily-vs-speeding)
- **sheeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheeting-vs-speeding)
- **sledding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sledding-vs-speeding)

## Common misspellings (12)
`pseeding`, `sepeding`, `spedeing`, `speding`, `speedding`, `speedign`, `speedingg`, `speedinng`, `speednig`, `speeidng`, `sppeeding`, `sspeeding`

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