# tying

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtaɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,629

## Definitions
1. Action of the verb to tie; ligature.
2. The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.

## Etymology
From Middle English tiȝing, teing, from Old English *tīgung, tīging (“connection”), from Proto-Germanic *taugungō, from *taugijaną from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to tug, draw”). Equivalent to tie + -ing. Present participle from Old English tīgende, from tīgan, tīegan.

## Easily confused with
- **Tyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tying-vs-tyne)
- **typing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tying-vs-typing)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tin-vs-tying)
- **tig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tig-vs-tying)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiny-vs-tying)
- **thin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thin-vs-tying)
- **twin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twin-vs-tying)
- **Tina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tina-vs-tying)
- **tang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tang-vs-tying)
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ting-vs-tying)
- **tong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tong-vs-tying)
- **tint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tying)
- **tung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tung-vs-tying)
- **twig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twig-vs-tying)
- **tink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tying)
- **trig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trig-vs-tying)
- **tine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tine-vs-tying)
- **Teng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teng-vs-tying)
- **think** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/think-vs-tying)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thing-vs-tying)

## Common misspellings (8)
`tiyng`, `ttying`, `tyign`, `tyingg`, `tyinng`, `tynig`, `tyying`, `yting`

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