# weaving

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwiːvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,251

## Definitions
1. The process of making woven material on a loom.
2. A piece of such material.
3. An unsteady back and forth motion.
4. The uncontrolled crossing of multiple streams of traffic in the same general direction.

## Easily confused with
- **wedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-wedding)
- **welding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-welding)
- **weeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-weeping)
- **whaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-whaling)
- **wetting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-wetting)
- **weeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-weeding)
- **webbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-webbing)
- **welling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-welling)
- **wreaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-wreaking)
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waking-vs-weaving)
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-weaving)
- **wading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-weaving)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-weaving)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waxing-vs-weaving)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waring-vs-weaving)
- **wearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wearing-vs-weaving)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ewaving`, `waeving`, `weaivng`, `weavign`, `weavingg`, `weavinng`, `weavnig`, `weavving`, `wevaing`, `wweaving`

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