# thawing

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #43,414

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of thaw

## Etymology
From thaw + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thawing-vs-thing)
- **trading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thawing-vs-trading)
- **tracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thawing-vs-tracing)
- **throwing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thawing-vs-throwing)
- **trawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thawing-vs-trawling)
- **thang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thang-vs-thawing)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-thawing)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-thawing)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taping-vs-thawing)
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-thawing)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-thawing)
- **teaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaming-vs-thawing)
- **thanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thanking-vs-thawing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`htawing`, `tahwing`, `thaiwng`, `thawign`, `thawingg`, `thawinng`, `thawnig`, `thawwing`, `thhawing`, `thwaing`, `tthawing`

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