# vexing

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #48,549

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of vex

## Etymology
From Middle English vexynge (“harassment”); equivalent to vex + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **vying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vexing-vs-vying)
- **voting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vexing-vs-voting)
- **Viking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vexing-vs-viking)
- **viewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vexing-vs-viewing)
- **vein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vexing)
- **veins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veins-vs-vexing)
- **vaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vaping-vs-vexing)
- **venting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venting-vs-vexing)
- **vetting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vetting-vs-vexing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`evxing`, `veixng`, `vexign`, `vexingg`, `vexinng`, `vexnig`, `vexxing`, `vvexing`, `vxeing`

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