# wishing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,874

## Definitions
1. gerund of wish (“the act of making a wish”)

## Etymology
From wish + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **within** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wishing-vs-within)
- **writhing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wishing-vs-writhing)
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiring-vs-wishing)
- **wiping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiping-vs-wishing)
- **winning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winning-vs-wishing)
- **willing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-wishing)
- **washing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washing-vs-wishing)
- **wasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasting-vs-wishing)
- **winding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winding-vs-wishing)
- **winking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-wishing)
- **winging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winging-vs-wishing)
- **weighing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weighing-vs-wishing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`iwshing`, `wihsing`, `wishhing`, `wishign`, `wishingg`, `wishinng`, `wishnig`, `wisihng`, `wisshing`, `wsihing`, `wwishing`

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