# winning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈwɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,132

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of win

## Easily confused with
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winning-vs-wiring)
- **wiping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winning-vs-wiping)
- **wishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winning-vs-wishing)
- **Winnipeg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winning-vs-winnipeg)
- **winnings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winning-vs-winnings)
- **wringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winning-vs-wringing)
- **Winnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winnie-vs-winning)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-winning)
- **willing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-winning)
- **warning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warning-vs-winning)
- **wanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-winning)
- **winding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winding-vs-winning)
- **whining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-winning)
- **winking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-winning)
- **winging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winging-vs-winning)
- **widening** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/widening-vs-winning)

## Common misspellings (9)
`iwnning`, `wining`, `wininng`, `winnign`, `winningg`, `winninng`, `winnnig`, `wnining`, `wwinning`

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