# swearing

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #14,430

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of swear

## Etymology
From Middle English sweryng; equivalent to swear + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sweeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swearing-vs-sweeping)
- **swelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swearing-vs-swelling)
- **sweating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swearing-vs-sweating)
- **swerving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swearing-vs-swerving)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-swearing)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-swearing)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-swearing)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sealing-vs-swearing)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaring-vs-swearing)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-swearing)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swaying-vs-swearing)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-swearing)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-swearing)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaking-vs-swearing)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-swearing)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steering-vs-swearing)
- **sneaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sneaking-vs-swearing)
- **steaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-swearing)
- **shearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-swearing)
- **squaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squaring-vs-swearing)

## Common misspellings (12)
`sewaring`, `sswearing`, `swaering`, `sweairng`, `swearign`, `swearingg`, `swearinng`, `swearnig`, `swearring`, `sweraing`, `swwearing`, `wsearing`

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