# trying

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #322

## Definitions
1. Difficult to endure; arduous.
2. Irritating, stressful or bothersome.

## Etymology
From try + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **tying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trying-vs-tying)
- **tryna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trying-vs-tryna)
- **typing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trying-vs-typing)
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trying-vs-tuning)
- **tubing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trying-vs-tubing)
- **Turing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trying-vs-turing)
- **turning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trying-vs-turning)
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ting-vs-trying)
- **trig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trig-vs-trying)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thing-vs-trying)
- **train** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/train-vs-trying)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-trying)
- **timing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timing-vs-trying)
- **trains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trains-vs-trying)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-trying)
- **tiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-trying)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taping-vs-trying)
- **toying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toying-vs-trying)
- **tiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-trying)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-trying)

## Common misspellings (10)
`rtying`, `triyng`, `trrying`, `tryign`, `tryingg`, `tryinng`, `trynig`, `tryying`, `ttrying`, `tyring`

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