# waiting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #938

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of wait

## Etymology
From Middle English waitinge, waytynge, waitende, weytende, waitand, waytand, equivalent to wait + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-waking)
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-waving)
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-wiring)
- **wiping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-wiping)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-waning)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-waxing)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-waring)
- **writing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-writing)
- **walking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-walking)
- **warning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-warning)
- **wanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-wanting)
- **washing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-washing)
- **wasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-wasting)
- **warming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-warming)
- **whining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-whining)
- **warring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-warring)
- **whiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-whiting)
- **wetting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-wetting)
- **warping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-warping)
- **walling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-walling)

## Common misspellings (10)
`awiting`, `waiitng`, `waitign`, `waitingg`, `waitinng`, `waitnig`, `waitting`, `watiing`, `wiating`, `wwaiting`

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