# warming

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɔːmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,641

## Definitions
1. A small rise in temperature.
2. A beating; a thrashing.

## Etymology
From Middle English warmyng, warmynge, from Old English wærming, wirming, equivalent to warm + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **wring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-wring)
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-waving)
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-wiring)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-waxing)
- **working** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-working)
- **wearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-wearing)
- **warning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-warning)
- **washing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-washing)
- **wasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-wasting)
- **Wyoming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-wyoming)
- **wording** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-wording)
- **warring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-warring)
- **warping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warming-vs-warping)
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waking-vs-warming)
- **wading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-warming)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-warming)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waring-vs-warming)
- **waiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-warming)
- **walking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-warming)
- **wanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-warming)

## Common misspellings (11)
`awrming`, `wamring`, `warimng`, `warmign`, `warmingg`, `warminng`, `warmming`, `warmnig`, `warrming`, `wraming`, `wwarming`

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