# tending

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtɛndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,985

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of tend

## Easily confused with
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-tuning)
- **tendon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-tendon)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-toning)
- **testing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-testing)
- **trading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-trading)
- **texting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-texting)
- **trending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-trending)
- **treading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-treading)
- **telling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-tending)
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-tending)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-tending)
- **teaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaming-vs-tending)
- **tanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanning-vs-tending)
- **teeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeming-vs-tending)
- **tanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tending)
- **tendering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tendering-vs-tending)

## Common misspellings (11)
`etnding`, `tedning`, `tendding`, `tendign`, `tendingg`, `tendinng`, `tendnig`, `tenidng`, `tennding`, `tneding`, `ttending`

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