# warping

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #36,824

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of warp

## Etymology
From Middle English warpynge; equivalent to warp + -ing.

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

## Common misspellings (9)
`awrping`, `wapring`, `waripng`, `warpign`, `warpingg`, `warpinng`, `warpnig`, `warrping`, `wwarping`

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