# wiring

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #14,457

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of wire

## Etymology
From wire + -ing.

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

## Common misspellings (9)
`iwring`, `wiirng`, `wirign`, `wiringg`, `wirinng`, `wirnig`, `wirring`, `wriing`, `wwiring`

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