# toning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtəʊnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #39,615

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of tone

## Easily confused with
- **tying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-tying)
- **toxin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-toxin)
- **tonne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-tonne)
- **trying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-trying)
- **typing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-typing)
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-tuning)
- **tubing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-tubing)
- **Turing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-turing)
- **toying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-toying)
- **Torino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-torino)
- **Tonkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-tonkin)
- **turning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-turning)
- **touring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-touring)
- **topping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-topping)
- **tossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-tossing)
- **touting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-touting)
- **Tooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-tooting)
- **Toni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toni-vs-toning)
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ting-vs-toning)
- **tong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tong-vs-toning)

## Common misspellings (9)
`otning`, `tnoing`, `toinng`, `tonign`, `toningg`, `toninng`, `tonnig`, `tonning`, `ttoning`

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