# tearing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,831

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of tear

## Easily confused with
- **tiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-tiring)
- **Turing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-turing)
- **telling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-telling)
- **testing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-testing)
- **trading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-trading)
- **touring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-touring)
- **texting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-texting)
- **tracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-tracing)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-teasing)
- **tending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-tending)
- **teeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-teeming)
- **thawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-thawing)
- **treating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-treating)
- **tweaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-tweaking)
- **treading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-treading)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tearing)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-tearing)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taping-vs-tearing)
- **teaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaming-vs-tearing)
- **teaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaching-vs-tearing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`etaring`, `taering`, `teairng`, `tearign`, `tearingg`, `tearinng`, `tearnig`, `tearring`, `teraing`, `ttearing`

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