# wiping

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈwaɪpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,388

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of wipe

## Easily confused with
- **wring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiping-vs-wring)
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiping-vs-wiring)
- **wooing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiping-vs-wooing)
- **Woking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiping-vs-woking)
- **writing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiping-vs-writing)
- **wishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiping-vs-wishing)
- **wing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wing-vs-wiping)
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waking-vs-wiping)
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-wiping)
- **wading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wiping)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wiping)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waxing-vs-wiping)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waring-vs-wiping)
- **waiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-wiping)
- **winning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winning-vs-wiping)
- **willing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-wiping)
- **winding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winding-vs-wiping)
- **whining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-wiping)
- **weeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weeping-vs-wiping)
- **wailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wailing-vs-wiping)

## Common misspellings (9)
`iwping`, `wiipng`, `wipign`, `wipingg`, `wipinng`, `wipnig`, `wipping`, `wpiing`, `wwiping`

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