# trusting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtɹʌstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,953

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of trust

## Etymology
From Middle English trustyng, trostinge, tristynge, equivalent to trust + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **twisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trusting-vs-twisting)
- **testing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/testing-vs-trusting)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasting-vs-trusting)
- **touting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/touting-vs-trusting)
- **treating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treating-vs-trusting)
- **trucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trucking-vs-trusting)
- **taunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taunting-vs-trusting)
- **trashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trashing-vs-trusting)
- **trotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trotting-vs-trusting)
- **toasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toasting-vs-trusting)

## Common misspellings (13)
`rtusting`, `trrusting`, `trsuting`, `trusitng`, `trussting`, `trustign`, `trustingg`, `trustinng`, `trustnig`, `trustting`, `trutsing`, `ttrusting`, `tursting`

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