# teasing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtiːz.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,035

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of tease

## Etymology
From tease + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **telling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-telling)
- **testing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-testing)
- **trading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-trading)
- **texting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-texting)
- **tracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-tracing)
- **tossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-tossing)
- **tending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-tending)
- **teeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-teeming)
- **thawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-thawing)
- **treating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-treating)
- **tweaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-tweaking)
- **trashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-trashing)
- **treading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-treading)
- **toasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-toasting)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-teasing)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-teasing)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taping-vs-teasing)
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-teasing)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-teasing)
- **teaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaming-vs-teasing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`etasing`, `taesing`, `teaisng`, `teasign`, `teasingg`, `teasinng`, `teasnig`, `teassing`, `tesaing`, `tteasing`

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