# wanting

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwɑntɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,098

## Definitions
1. That wants or desires.
2. Absent or lacking.
3. Deficient.

## Etymology
From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-waving)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-waxing)
- **wanton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-wanton)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-waring)
- **writing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-writing)
- **winning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-winning)
- **warning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-warning)
- **washing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-washing)
- **wasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-wasting)
- **warming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-warming)
- **winding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-winding)
- **warring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-warring)
- **whiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-whiting)
- **wetting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-wetting)
- **winking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-winking)
- **warping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-warping)
- **winging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-winging)
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waking-vs-wanting)
- **wading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wanting)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wanting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`awnting`, `wanitng`, `wannting`, `wantign`, `wantingg`, `wantinng`, `wantnig`, `wantting`, `watning`, `wnating`, `wwanting`

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