# willing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,976

## Definitions
1. Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.

## Etymology
* (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan
* (noun): Old English willung, from willian
By surface analysis, will + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **Willis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-willis)
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-wiring)
- **wiping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-wiping)
- **winning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-winning)
- **wishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-wishing)
- **winding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-winding)
- **winking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-winking)
- **winging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-winging)
- **willingly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-willingly)
- **Willi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willi-vs-willing)
- **willie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willie-vs-willing)
- **William** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/william-vs-willing)
- **walking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-willing)
- **welding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welding-vs-willing)
- **Wilkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilkins-vs-willing)
- **whaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whaling-vs-willing)
- **wailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wailing-vs-willing)
- **welling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welling-vs-willing)
- **walling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walling-vs-willing)
- **whirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whirling-vs-willing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`iwlling`, `wililng`, `wiling`, `willign`, `willingg`, `willinng`, `willnig`, `wliling`, `wwilling`

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