# wetting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈwɛtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #33,083

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of wet

## Easily confused with
- **writing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wetting-vs-writing)
- **whiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wetting-vs-whiting)
- **waiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-wetting)
- **wearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wearing-vs-wetting)
- **wedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wedding-vs-wetting)
- **wanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-wetting)
- **wasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasting-vs-wetting)
- **weaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-wetting)
- **welding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welding-vs-wetting)
- **weeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weeping-vs-wetting)
- **weeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weeding-vs-wetting)
- **webbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/webbing-vs-wetting)
- **welling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welling-vs-wetting)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ewtting`, `weting`, `wetitng`, `wettign`, `wettingg`, `wettinng`, `wettnig`, `wteting`, `wwetting`

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