# warning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈwɔɹnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,564

## Definitions
1. present participle of warn

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

## Common misspellings (11)
`awrning`, `wanring`, `warinng`, `warnign`, `warningg`, `warninng`, `warnnig`, `warnning`, `warrning`, `wraning`, `wwarning`

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