# treading

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #33,065

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of tread

## Etymology
From Middle English tredynge, tredyng; equivalent to tread + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **treating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treading-vs-treating)
- **trending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treading-vs-trending)
- **tweaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treading-vs-tweaking)
- **trading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trading-vs-treading)
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-treading)
- **tracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-treading)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-treading)
- **teaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaming-vs-treading)
- **tending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tending-vs-treading)
- **threading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threading-vs-treading)

## Common misspellings (12)
`rteading`, `terading`, `traeding`, `treadding`, `treadign`, `treadingg`, `treadinng`, `treadnig`, `treaidng`, `tredaing`, `trreading`, `ttreading`

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