# tanning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtænɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,482

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of tan

## Easily confused with
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-tuning)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-taxing)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-taping)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-toning)
- **turning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-turning)
- **tapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-tapping)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-tasting)
- **tending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-tending)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-tasking)
- **training** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-training)
- **thanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-thanking)
- **thinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-thinning)
- **taunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-taunting)
- **twinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-twinning)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tanning)
- **talking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tanning)
- **tagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tagging-vs-tanning)
- **tanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tanning)
- **tailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tanning)

## Common misspellings (9)
`atnning`, `taning`, `taninng`, `tannign`, `tanningg`, `tanninng`, `tannnig`, `tnaning`, `ttanning`

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