# warring

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #24,355

## Definitions
1. engaged in war; belligerent

## Etymology
From Middle English werrynge. By surface analysis, war + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **wring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-wring)
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-waving)
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-wiring)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-waxing)
- **working** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-working)
- **wearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-wearing)
- **warrior** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-warrior)
- **washing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-washing)
- **wasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-wasting)
- **wording** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-wording)
- **whoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-whoring)
- **worrying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-worrying)
- **watering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-watering)
- **wavering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-wavering)
- **warren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warren-vs-warring)
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waking-vs-warring)
- **wading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-warring)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-warring)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waring-vs-warring)
- **waiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-warring)

## Common misspellings (8)
`awrring`, `warirng`, `warrign`, `warringg`, `warrinng`, `warrnig`, `wraring`, `wwarring`

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