giving

//ˈɡɪvɪŋ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,944

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

giving is aPortugueseverb. It means: gerúndio do verbo give Pronounced /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/. Often confused with going.

Key facts for giving
PropertyValue
Headwordgiving
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈɡɪvɪŋ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,944
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of giving in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for giving is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #42,944 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gerúndio do verbo give".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for giving, with forms such as "ggiving", "giivng", and "givign". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "going", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is giving, spelled G-I-V-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gerúndio do verbo give

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggiving,giivng,givign,givingg,givinng,givnig,givving,gviing,igving

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for giving

Misspelling Variants of "giving"

ggiving7giivng6givign6givingg7givinng7givnig6givving7gviing6
Misspelling Variants of "giving"

Frequency rank: #42,944 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "giving"?
"giving" is spelled G-I-V-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/.
What does "giving" mean?
As a verb, "giving" means: gerúndio do verbo give
What words are commonly confused with "giving"?
"giving" is commonly confused with "going". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "giving"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "giving" is /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "giving" come from?
"giving" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.