# wading

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #27,332

## Definitions
1. Appropriate to wade in.
2. Usually of a bird: which wades.

## Etymology
From wade + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **wing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wing)
- **wang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wang)
- **wring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wring)
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-waking)
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-waving)
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wiring)
- **wiping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wiping)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-waning)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-waxing)
- **wooing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wooing)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-waring)
- **Woking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-woking)
- **waiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-waiting)
- **walking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-walking)
- **wearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wearing)
- **wedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wedding)
- **warning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-warning)
- **wanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wanting)
- **washing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-washing)
- **wasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wasting)

## Common misspellings (9)
`awding`, `wadding`, `wadign`, `wadingg`, `wadinng`, `wadnig`, `waidng`, `wdaing`, `wwading`

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