# tiring

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #17,978

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of tire

## Easily confused with
- **trig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-trig)
- **tying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-tying)
- **Turin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-turin)
- **trying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-trying)
- **typing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-typing)
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-tuning)
- **tubing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-tubing)
- **Turing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-turing)
- **toying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-toying)
- **Torino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-torino)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-toning)
- **turning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-turning)
- **touring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-touring)
- **toiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-toiling)
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ting-vs-tiring)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thing-vs-tiring)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tiring)
- **timing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timing-vs-tiring)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-tiring)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taping-vs-tiring)

## Common misspellings (9)
`itring`, `tiirng`, `tirign`, `tiringg`, `tirinng`, `tirnig`, `tirring`, `triing`, `ttiring`

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