# taxing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtæksɪŋ/ · frequency rank #17,043

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of tax

## Etymology
Compare typologically Russian мыта́рство (mytárstvo) (< мы́тарь (mýtarʹ, “publican (tax collector)”)).

## Easily confused with
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-ting)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-thing)
- **tying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-tying)
- **taxis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-taxis)
- **toxin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-toxin)
- **trying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-trying)
- **timing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-timing)
- **typing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-typing)
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-tuning)
- **tiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-tiring)
- **tubing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-tubing)
- **Turing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-turing)
- **toying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-toying)
- **tiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-tiling)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-toning)
- **trading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-trading)
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-tearing)
- **texting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-texting)
- **tracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-tracing)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-teasing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`atxing`, `taixng`, `taxign`, `taxingg`, `taxinng`, `taxnig`, `taxxing`, `ttaxing`, `txaing`

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