# writhing

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #38,249

## Definitions
1. Bended in twisting struggle.

## Etymology
From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **writing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/writhing-vs-writing)
- **writings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/writhing-vs-writings)
- **within** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/within-vs-writhing)
- **waiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiting-vs-writhing)
- **wishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wishing-vs-writhing)
- **whiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiting-vs-writhing)
- **weighing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weighing-vs-writhing)
- **Worthing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worthing-vs-writhing)
- **wringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wringing-vs-writhing)

## Common misspellings (13)
`rwithing`, `wirthing`, `wrihting`, `writhhing`, `writhign`, `writhingg`, `writhinng`, `writhnig`, `writihng`, `writthing`, `wrrithing`, `wrtihing`, `wwrithing`

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