# wringing

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #41,957

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of wring

## Etymology
From Middle English wryngynge; equivalent to wring + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **writing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wringing-vs-writing)
- **writhing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wringing-vs-writhing)
- **winning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winning-vs-wringing)
- **winding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winding-vs-wringing)
- **whining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-wringing)
- **winking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-wringing)
- **winging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winging-vs-wringing)
- **wrangling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wrangling-vs-wringing)

## Common misspellings (13)
`rwinging`, `wirnging`, `wrigning`, `wringging`, `wringign`, `wringingg`, `wringinng`, `wringnig`, `wrinigng`, `wrinnging`, `wrniging`, `wrringing`, `wwringing`

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