# waving

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈweɪvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,479

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of wave

## Easily confused with
- **wing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-wing)
- **wring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-wring)
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-wiring)
- **wiping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-wiping)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-waxing)
- **wooing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-wooing)
- **Woking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-woking)
- **wearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-wearing)
- **weaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-weaving)
- **whaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-whaling)
- **wang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wang-vs-waving)
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waking-vs-waving)
- **wading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-waving)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-waving)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waring-vs-waving)
- **waiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-waving)
- **walking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-waving)
- **warning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warning-vs-waving)
- **wanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-waving)
- **washing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washing-vs-waving)

## Common misspellings (9)
`awving`, `waivng`, `wavign`, `wavingg`, `wavinng`, `wavnig`, `wavving`, `wvaing`, `wwaving`

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