# whining

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #14,051

## Definitions
1. gerund of whine

## Easily confused with
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-wiring)
- **wiping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-wiping)
- **writing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-writing)
- **winning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-winning)
- **winding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-winding)
- **whiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-whiting)
- **winking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-winking)
- **winging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-winging)
- **whoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-whoring)
- **whipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-whipping)
- **whirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-whirling)
- **wringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-wringing)
- **whitening** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-whitening)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-whining)
- **waiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-whining)
- **warning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warning-vs-whining)
- **whaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whaling-vs-whining)
- **wailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wailing-vs-whining)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hwining`, `whhining`, `whiinng`, `whinign`, `whiningg`, `whininng`, `whinnig`, `whinning`, `whniing`, `wihning`, `wwhining`

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