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Words ending in ING
Words that end in -ing include being, going, doing, making, thinking, morning, evening, king, ring, and thing. Most are verb forms made by adding -ing to a verb (read → reading), but some, like ceiling, pudding, and something, aren't verbs at all. Below are 3,008 English words ending in ING, grouped by length and first letter, plus the spelling and grammar rules.
Most common words ending in ING
These everyday -ing words show up constantly in speech and writing:
- being
- going
- doing
- having
- making
- getting
- thinking
- looking
- working
- coming
- trying
- saying
- taking
- using
- something
- nothing
- everything
- anything
- during
- according
- including
- following
- morning
- evening
- thing
- king
- bring
- meeting
- building
- feeling
- living
- reading
- writing
- playing
- learning
- running
How many words end in ING, by length
| Length | Words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 4 letters | 7 | ding, king, ping, ring, sing |
| 5 letters | 25 | acing, aging, aping, axing, being |
| 6 letters | 180 | aching, acting, adding, aiding, ailing |
| 7 letters | 661 | abiding, abusing, aisling, allying, amazing |
| 8 letters | 740 | accusing, adapting, adducing, adhering, admiring |
| 9 letters | 581 | abducting, abhorring, abounding, absenting, absorbing |
| 10 letters | 413 | abandoning, abstaining, accounting, activating, addressing |
| 11 letters | 215 | abstracting, acquainting, advertising, aggravating, alternating |
| 12 letters | 112 | adulterating, ameliorating, annihilating, antialiasing, asphyxiating |
| 13 letters | 54 | bloodcurdling, brainstorming, cabinetmaking, carpetbagging, condescending |
| 14 letters | 16 | bioengineering, disillusioning, electioneering, featherbedding, fingerprinting |
| 15 letters | 4 | notwithstanding, unaccommodating, uncomprehending, unprepossessing |
Full list of words that end with ING
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All 3,008 words ending in ING
4-letter words ending in ING(7)
- ding
- king
- ping
- ring
- sing
- wing
- zing
5-letter words ending in ING(25)
- acing
- aging
- aping
- axing
- being
- bling
- bring
- cling
- cuing
- doing
- dying
- eying
- fling
- going
- icing
- lying
- owing
- sling
- sting
- swing
- thing
- tying
- using
- vying
- wring
6-letter words ending in ING(180)
- aching
- acting
- adding
- aiding
- ailing
- aiming
- airing
- arming
- asking
- awning
- baking
- baling
- baring
- basing
- bating
- baying
- biding
- biking
- biting
- bluing
- boding
- boning
- booing
- boring
- bowing
- boxing
- busing
- buying
- caging
- caking
- caning
- caring
- casing
- caving
- ceding
- citing
- cluing
- coding
- coming
- coping
- coring
- cowing
- crying
- cubing
- curing
- daring
- dating
- dicing
- dining
- diving
- dosing
- doting
- drying
- during
- dyeing
- easing
- eating
- ebbing
- edging
- egging
- ending
- eyeing
- facing
- fading
- faking
- faring
- filing
- fining
- firing
- fixing
- flying
- foxing
- frying
- fusing
- gaming
- gaping
- gating
- gazing
- giving
- gluing
- guying
- hating
- having
- hazing
- hiding
- hiking
- hiring
- hiving
- hoeing
- holing
- homing
- hoping
- idling
- inning
- jawing
- joking
- keying
- lacing
- lading
- laying
- liking
- lining
- living
- losing
- loving
- lowing
- luging
- making
- mating
- mining
- mixing
- moping
- moving
- musing
- muting
- naming
- nosing
- noting
- oiling
- oozing
- outing
- pacing
- paging
- paling
- paving
- pawing
- paying
- piling
- pining
- piping
- poling
- poring
- posing
- prying
- racing
- raging
- raking
- raring
- rating
- raving
- razing
- riding
- rising
- robing
- rowing
- ruling
- saving
- saying
- seeing
- sewing
- siding
- siting
- sizing
- skiing
- spring
- spying
- string
- taking
- taping
- taxing
- timing
- tiring
- toeing
- toning
- truing
- trying
- tubing
- tuning
- typing
- urging
- voting
- wading
- waging
- waking
- waving
- waxing
- wining
- wiping
- wiring
- zoning
7-letter words ending in ING(661)
- abiding
- abusing
- aisling
- allying
- amazing
- ambling
- amusing
- angling
- arching
- arguing
- arising
- awaking
- babying
- backing
- badging
- bagging
- baiting
- balding
- balking
- banding
- banging
- banking
- banning
- banting
- barging
- barking
- barring
- basking
- basting
- bathing
- batting
- batwing
- beading
- beaming
- bearing
- beating
- bedding
- beefing
- begging
- belling
- belting
- belying
- bending
- besting
- betting
- bidding
- billing
- binding
- birding
- blading
- blaming
- blaring
- blazing
- blowing
- boating
- bobbing
- bodying
- bogging
- boiling
- bolting
- bonding
- booking
- booming
- booting
- bossing
- bowling
- bracing
- braving
- brewing
- bribing
- bruting
- bucking
- budding
- buffing
- bugging
- bulging
- bulking
- bulling
- bumming
- bumping
- bunking
- bunting
- burning
- burping
- burying
- bushing
- busying
- butting
- buzzing
- cabling
- calling
- calming
- calving
- camping
- canning
- capping
- carding
- carping
- carting
- carving
- cashing
- casting
- causing
- ceasing
- ceiling
- chasing
- chiding
- choking
- chuting
- clawing
- cloning
- closing
- cloying
- coating
- coaxing
- codling
- coiling
- coining
- combing
- conning
- cooking
- cooling
- copying
- cording
- corking
- corning
- costing
- cowling
- craving
- crewing
- crowing
- cunning
- cupping
- curbing
- curling
- cursing
- curving
- cutting
- cycling
- dabbing
- damming
- damping
- dancing
- darling
- darning
- darting
- dashing
- daubing
- dawning
- dealing
- decking
- defying
- denting
- denying
- dialing
- digging
- dimming
- dipping
- dishing
- docking
- dodging
- dogging
- donning
- dooming
- dotting
- dousing
- downing
- dowsing
- draping
- drawing
- driving
- droning
- dubbing
- ducking
- dueling
- dulling
- dumping
- dusting
- earning
- earring
- easting
- echoing
- eluding
- ensuing
- envying
- eroding
- etching
- evading
- evening
- evoking
- failing
- fairing
- falling
- fanning
- farming
- fasting
- fawning
- fearing
- feeding
- feeling
- felling
- fencing
- fibbing
- filling
- filming
- finding
- firming
- fishing
- fitting
- fizzing
- flaming
- flaring
- fleeing
- flowing
- fluting
- fluxing
- foaming
- fogging
- foiling
- folding
- fooling
- footing
- forcing
- fording
- forging
- forking
- forming
- fouling
- framing
- freeing
- fueling
- fulling
- funding
- furring
- fussing
- gagging
- gaining
- galling
- ganging
- gapping
- gasping
- gassing
- gauging
- gearing
- gelding
- getting
- gifting
- glaring
- glazing
- gliding
- glowing
- gnawing
- goading
- golfing
- gosling
- gouging
- gracing
- grading
- grating
- graying
- grazing
- griping
- groping
- growing
- guiding
- gulling
- gulping
- gumming
- gunning
- gushing
- hacking
- hailing
- halting
- hamming
- handing
- harming
- harping
- hauling
- hawking
- heading
- healing
- heaping
- hearing
- heating
- heaving
- hedging
- heeding
- heeling
- helming
- helping
- herding
- herring
- hinting
- hissing
- hitting
- holding
- hooking
- hooping
- hopping
- hosting
- housing
- howling
- huffing
- hugging
- hulking
- humming
- hunting
- hurting
- hushing
- husking
- imaging
- inching
- inkling
- ironing
- issuing
- jabbing
- jamming
- jarring
- jerking
- jetting
- jobbing
- jogging
- joining
- jolting
- jotting
- judging
- jumping
- jutting
- keeping
- kicking
- kidding
- killing
- kissing
- kneeing
- knifing
- knowing
- lacking
- landing
- lapping
- lapsing
- lapwing
- lashing
- lasting
- leading
- leaning
- leaping
- leasing
- leaving
- leering
- legging
- lemming
- lending
- letting
- licking
- lifting
- limning
- limping
- linking
- listing
- loading
- locking
- lodging
- logging
- longing
- looking
- looming
- looping
- loosing
- looting
- lording
- lugging
- lulling
- lumping
- mailing
- manning
- mapping
- marking
- masking
- massing
- matting
- meaning
- meeting
- melting
- merging
- meshing
- messing
- milking
- milling
- mincing
- minding
- missing
- mocking
- molding
- molting
- mooring
- mopping
- morning
- mugging
- nabbing
- nagging
- nailing
- napping
- nearing
- needing
- nesting
- netting
- nodding
- nothing
- nudging
- numbing
- nursing
- obeying
- ongoing
- opening
- packing
- padding
- pairing
- panning
- parking
- parting
- passing
- pasting
- patting
- pausing
- peaking
- pelting
- pending
- penning
- petting
- phasing
- phoning
- picking
- piecing
- pinning
- pitying
- placing
- planing
- plating
- playing
- plowing
- pooling
- popping
- posting
- potting
- pouring
- praying
- preying
- pricing
- priding
- priming
- prizing
- proving
- pruning
- pudding
- puffing
- pulling
- pulsing
- pumping
- purging
- pursing
- pushing
- putting
- quoting
- racking
- raiding
- railing
- raining
- raising
- ramming
- ranging
- ranking
- ranting
- rapping
- rasping
- reading
- rearing
- redwing
- reeking
- reeling
- relying
- rending
- renting
- resting
- rhyming
- ridging
- rigging
- ringing
- rinsing
- ripping
- risking
- roaring
- robbing
- rocking
- roiling
- rolling
- roofing
- rooming
- rooting
- rotting
- rousing
- rubbing
- ruining
- running
- rushing
- sagging
- sailing
- salting
- sapling
- sassing
- saucing
- scaling
- scoring
- sealing
- seating
- seeding
- seeking
- seeming
- seeping
- seizing
- selling
- sending
- sensing
- serving
- setting
- shading
- shaking
- shaming
- shaping
- sharing
- shaving
- shining
- shoeing
- shoring
- showing
- sibling
- sighing
- signing
- singing
- sinking
- sinning
- sipping
- sitting
- skating
- slaying
- slicing
- sliding
- sloping
- slowing
- smiling
- smoking
- sniping
- snoring
- snowing
- soaking
- soaring
- sobbing
- soiling
- solving
- sopping
- sorting
- souring
- spacing
- spading
- sparing
- spaying
- spiting
- staging
- staking
- staring
- stating
- staying
- stewing
- stoning
- storing
- stowing
- styling
- suiting
- summing
- sunning
- surging
- swaying
- tabling
- tagging
- tailing
- talking
- tapping
- tasting
- tearing
- teasing
- telling
- tending
- tenting
- testing
- thawing
- ticking
- tilling
- tipping
- titling
- toiling
- tolling
- tooling
- topping
- tossing
- touring
- tracing
- trading
- treeing
- tugging
- turning
- undying
- uniting
- valuing
- varying
- veining
- vending
- venting
- versing
- vetoing
- viewing
- voicing
- wagging
- wailing
- waiting
- walking
- walling
- wanting
- warding
- warming
- warning
- warring
- washing
- wasting
- waxwing
- weaning
- wearing
- weaving
- webbing
- wedding
- weeping
- welling
- westing
- wetting
- whining
- whiting
- willing
- winding
- winging
- winking
- winning
- wishing
- wording
- working
- writing
- yapping
- yawning
- yelling
- yelping
- zapping
- zeroing
- zesting
- zipping
8-letter words ending in ING(740)
- accusing
- adapting
- adducing
- adhering
- admiring
- adopting
- advising
- affixing
- agreeing
- alarming
- alerting
- aligning
- allowing
- alluring
- altering
- amending
- angering
- annoying
- anything
- applying
- arraying
- arriving
- aspiring
- assaying
- assuming
- assuring
- auditing
- availing
- avenging
- averting
- avoiding
- awarding
- babbling
- baffling
- battling
- beagling
- bearding
- becoming
- behaving
- belching
- bellying
- benching
- berthing
- birthing
- bitewing
- blacking
- blanking
- blasting
- bleating
- bleeding
- blending
- blessing
- blinding
- blinking
- bloating
- blocking
- blooding
- blooming
- blotting
- bluffing
- blunting
- blurring
- blushing
- boarding
- boasting
- bogeying
- boosting
- bottling
- bouncing
- bounding
- bragging
- braiding
- braining
- braising
- branding
- brawling
- breaking
- breeding
- bricking
- bridging
- bridling
- briefing
- brimming
- bringing
- brisling
- broiling
- bronzing
- brooding
- browning
- browsing
- bruising
- brushing
- bubbling
- buckling
- building
- bullring
- bullying
- bumbling
- bundling
- bungling
- burbling
- bursting
- bustling
- cackling
- canoeing
- capering
- caroling
- carrying
- castling
- catching
- caulking
- chaffing
- chaining
- chairing
- chancing
- changing
- chanting
- chapping
- charging
- charming
- charting
- chatting
- cheating
- checking
- cheering
- chilling
- chinning
- chipping
- chirping
- choosing
- chopping
- chording
- chucking
- churning
- circling
- claiming
- clamming
- clamping
- clanging
- clanking
- clapping
- clashing
- clasping
- classing
- cleaning
- clearing
- cleaving
- clerking
- clicking
- climbing
- clinging
- clinking
- clipping
- cloaking
- clocking
- clogging
- clopping
- clothing
- clotting
- clouding
- clowning
- clubbing
- clucking
- clumping
- clunking
- coaching
- coasting
- cobbling
- coloring
- couching
- counting
- coupling
- coursing
- courting
- covering
- coveting
- crabbing
- cracking
- cradling
- crafting
- cramming
- cramping
- crashing
- crawling
- creaking
- creasing
- creating
- creeping
- cresting
- cribbing
- cringing
- crisping
- croaking
- crooking
- crooning
- cropping
- crossing
- crowding
- crowning
- cruising
- crushing
- cuddling
- curdling
- dabbling
- damaging
- dangling
- darkling
- daunting
- dawdling
- dazzling
- debasing
- debating
- debuting
- decaying
- deciding
- decoding
- deducing
- defining
- defusing
- delaying
- deluding
- denoting
- deriving
- desiring
- deviling
- devising
- devoting
- diluting
- dirtying
- dividing
- dizzying
- doubling
- doubting
- doweling
- drafting
- dragging
- draining
- drawling
- dreading
- dreaming
- dredging
- dressing
- drifting
- drilling
- drinking
- dripping
- drooping
- dropping
- drowning
- drubbing
- drudging
- drugging
- drumming
- duckling
- dumpling
- dwarfing
- dwelling
- earthing
- edifying
- ejecting
- elbowing
- electing
- emailing
- emerging
- emitting
- emptying
- enabling
- enacting
- encoding
- endowing
- enduring
- engaging
- enjoying
- ensuring
- entering
- enticing
- equaling
- equating
- erecting
- erupting
- escaping
- eventing
- evolving
- exacting
- exalting
- exciting
- excusing
- exerting
- existing
- expiring
- exposing
- exulting
- fainting
- fancying
- farthing
- faulting
- favoring
- feasting
- feigning
- fetching
- fiddling
- fielding
- fighting
- figuring
- flagging
- flailing
- flanking
- flapping
- flashing
- fleeting
- fleshing
- flicking
- flinging
- flipping
- flirting
- flitting
- floating
- flocking
- flogging
- flooding
- flooring
- flopping
- flouting
- flushing
- focusing
- fondling
- footling
- foraging
- forewing
- freezing
- fretting
- fringing
- frisking
- fronting
- frosting
- fruiting
- fumbling
- gambling
- gangling
- garaging
- gentling
- ghosting
- giggling
- glancing
- gleaming
- glinting
- gloaming
- glorying
- gobbling
- grabbing
- grafting
- graining
- granting
- graphing
- grasping
- greasing
- greening
- greeting
- grilling
- grinding
- grinning
- gripping
- groaning
- grooming
- grooving
- grossing
- grouping
- growling
- grubbing
- grueling
- grunting
- guarding
- guessing
- handling
- hatching
- haunting
- heckling
- hireling
- hitching
- hoarding
- hobbling
- honoring
- hovering
- huddling
- humbling
- humoring
- hurrying
- igniting
- ignoring
- implying
- imposing
- incoming
- indexing
- inducing
- insuring
- inviting
- jangling
- jingling
- jointing
- juggling
- kindling
- kneading
- knitting
- knocking
- knotting
- labeling
- laboring
- lacewing
- laughing
- leaching
- learning
- leveling
- lighting
- likening
- limiting
- locating
- lurching
- majoring
- managing
- marching
- marrying
- matching
- maturing
- meddling
- menacing
- meriting
- metering
- middling
- mingling
- minoring
- modeling
- motoring
- mounding
- mounting
- mouthing
- needling
- nestling
- nonbeing
- noodling
- northing
- noticing
- nursling
- offering
- omitting
- oncoming
- opposing
- orbiting
- ordering
- outgoing
- outlying
- painting
- paneling
- papering
- parading
- partying
- patching
- pedaling
- peopling
- phrasing
- piddling
- piffling
- piloting
- pitching
- planning
- planting
- pleading
- pleasing
- plodding
- plotting
- plugging
- plumbing
- plumping
- plunging
- pointing
- pounding
- powering
- pressing
- pricking
- primping
- printing
- prodding
- punching
- pureeing
- pursuing
- puzzling
- quacking
- quieting
- quisling
- quitting
- radioing
- rallying
- rattling
- raveling
- ravening
- reaching
- reacting
- readying
- recoding
- reducing
- refusing
- reigning
- relating
- relaxing
- reliving
- removing
- replying
- rescuing
- resuming
- retaking
- retiring
- reviving
- riddling
- righting
- rippling
- roasting
- rotating
- roughing
- rounding
- rumbling
- rustling
- saddling
- saluting
- sampling
- savaging
- savoring
- scanning
- scathing
- scenting
- scheming
- scoffing
- scorning
- scouring
- scouting
- scraping
- seagoing
- securing
- seedling
- seething
- settling
- severing
- shafting
- sharping
- shedding
- sheering
- sheeting
- shelling
- shifting
- shilling
- shipping
- shirking
- shocking
- shooting
- shopping
- shorting
- shouting
- shunting
- shutting
- sighting
- singeing
- singling
- sizzling
- skinning
- skipping
- skirting
- skulking
- slamming
- slanting
- slapping
- slashing
- sledding
- sleeping
- slimming
- slinging
- slipping
- slitting
- slopping
- slotting
- sluicing
- slumping
- smarting
- smashing
- smelling
- smocking
- snapping
- snarling
- sneering
- sneezing
- snipping
- snorting
- snubbing
- sobering
- sounding
- sourcing
- southing
- spanking
- spanning
- sparking
- sparring
- speaking
- speeding
- spelling
- spending
- spilling
- spinning
- spitting
- splicing
- spoiling
- sporting
- spotting
- spraying
- spurring
- spurting
- squaring
- stabbing
- stabling
- staffing
- staining
- stalling
- stamping
- standing
- starling
- starring
- starting
- starving
- stealing
- steering
- stemming
- stepping
- sterling
- sticking
- stilling
- stinging
- stinking
- stinting
- stirring
- stocking
- stopping
- storming
- straying
- striding
- striking
- striping
- stroking
- studying
- stuffing
- stumping
- stunning
- suckling
- suturing
- swamping
- swapping
- swarming
- swathing
- swatting
- swearing
- sweeping
- swelling
- swilling
- swimming
- swinging
- swirling
- tattling
- taunting
- teaching
- teething
- tempting
- thieving
- thinking
- thinning
- throwing
- thudding
- thumping
- tickling
- tingling
- toasting
- tonguing
- toothing
- totaling
- touching
- toweling
- towering
- tracking
- trailing
- training
- trapping
- treading
- treating
- trekking
- trending
- trialing
- tricking
- trifling
- trimming
- tripling
- tripping
- trotting
- trucking
- trumping
- trusting
- tumbling
- twisting
- umpiring
- uncaring
- unending
- unerring
- unfading
- unloving
- unmoving
- unseeing
- unstring
- untiring
- upcoming
- upending
- uprising
- uttering
- visiting
- vomiting
- wakening
- watching
- watering
- weakling
- wearying
- weighing
- wheeling
- wheezing
- whipping
- whirling
- whirring
- whisking
- whopping
- widening
- wobbling
- worrying
- wrapping
- writhing
- wronging
- yearling
- yearning
- yielding
- yodeling
9-letter words ending in ING(581)
- abducting
- abhorring
- abounding
- absenting
- absorbing
- accenting
- accepting
- accessing
- according
- acquiring
- adducting
- adjoining
- adjusting
- admitting
- advancing
- affecting
- affirming
- affording
- agitating
- agonizing
- allotting
- ambushing
- amounting
- analyzing
- anchoring
- animating
- annealing
- anointing
- answering
- antiquing
- appalling
- appealing
- appearing
- appeasing
- approving
- arranging
- arresting
- ascending
- assenting
- asserting
- assigning
- assisting
- attaching
- attaining
- attending
- attesting
- authoring
- averaging
- awakening
- balancing
- balloting
- banishing
- bantering
- barraging
- barreling
- beckoning
- bedspring
- befitting
- beginning
- beguiling
- beholding
- believing
- bellowing
- belonging
- bemoaning
- besetting
- besieging
- bestowing
- betraying
- bettering
- bickering
- blanching
- bleaching
- blighting
- bordering
- borrowing
- bothering
- bottoming
- bowstring
- branching
- breaching
- breathing
- bristling
- bucketing
- budgeting
- buffering
- buffeting
- bunkering
- burdening
- burrowing
- buttoning
- bypassing
- canceling
- cantering
- capsizing
- capturing
- careering
- caressing
- carousing
- carpeting
- cementing
- censoring
- centering
- chorusing
- chuckling
- ciphering
- clamoring
- cleansing
- clenching
- climaxing
- clinching
- closeting
- clutching
- collaring
- combating
- combining
- communing
- commuting
- comparing
- compiling
- composing
- conceding
- confiding
- confining
- confusing
- conjuring
- conniving
- consoling
- consuming
- conveying
- cornering
- corroding
- costuming
- cottoning
- couponing
- crackling
- crediting
- crippling
- crouching
- crumpling
- crunching
- crusading
- crutching
- culturing
- dampening
- darkening
- dayspring
- deadening
- deafening
- debunking
- deceiving
- declaring
- declining
- decreeing
- deducting
- deepening
- defeating
- defecting
- defending
- deferring
- degrading
- demanding
- demurring
- departing
- depending
- depicting
- depriving
- deserting
- deserving
- designing
- detaching
- detailing
- detecting
- detouring
- deviating
- devouring
- diapering
- dictating
- differing
- diffusing
- digesting
- directing
- disabling
- disarming
- disliking
- dismaying
- disposing
- disputing
- dithering
- diverging
- diverting
- divorcing
- doctoring
- doddering
- downswing
- drenching
- drizzling
- dwindling
- earthling
- easygoing
- eclipsing
- educating
- effecting
- elevating
- eliciting
- embarking
- embodying
- embossing
- embracing
- employing
- enameling
- enclosing
- endearing
- endorsing
- enfolding
- enforcing
- engraving
- engulfing
- enhancing
- enjoining
- enlarging
- enlisting
- ennobling
- enriching
- ensnaring
- entailing
- entitling
- equipping
- escorting
- esteeming
- evildoing
- examining
- exceeding
- excepting
- excluding
- executing
- exempting
- expanding
- expecting
- expending
- expensing
- exploding
- exploring
- exporting
- extending
- extruding
- factoring
- faltering
- farseeing
- fastening
- fathering
- fatiguing
- fattening
- featuring
- festering
- fidgeting
- filtering
- financing
- fingering
- finishing
- flaunting
- flavoring
- fledgling
- flighting
- flinching
- flouncing
- flowering
- flurrying
- foddering
- following
- foregoing
- foresting
- forgiving
- fostering
- foundling
- friending
- funneling
- furrowing
- galloping
- gardening
- gathering
- gesturing
- glimpsing
- glowering
- gossiping
- governing
- grappling
- greenling
- grounding
- grumbling
- hammering
- hampering
- hamstring
- happening
- harboring
- hastening
- hatchling
- haunching
- haymaking
- hazarding
- heralding
- hindering
- hollering
- hollowing
- hosteling
- impacting
- impending
- impinging
- importing
- impulsing
- inclining
- including
- indulging
- infolding
- informing
- ingrowing
- inserting
- insisting
- inspiring
- intending
- involving
- isolating
- jacketing
- jittering
- junketing
- keynoting
- launching
- lawmaking
- leavening
- lecturing
- lessening
- lettering
- licensing
- lightning
- lingering
- listening
- littering
- machining
- maddening
- mapmaking
- marauding
- marketing
- marveling
- massaging
- mastering
- mattering
- measuring
- mellowing
- mimicking
- mirroring
- misgiving
- mistaking
- mistiming
- mortaring
- motioning
- murmuring
- narrowing
- naysaying
- numbering
- objecting
- obscuring
- observing
- obtaining
- obviating
- occupying
- occurring
- offspring
- operating
- orienting
- outlining
- outraging
- overlying
- packaging
- panicking
- parceling
- pardoning
- pestering
- picketing
- picturing
- pillaging
- placating
- plaything
- ploughing
- pocketing
- poisoning
- polishing
- powdering
- preaching
- preceding
- preparing
- prettying
- prickling
- producing
- profiling
- profiting
- promising
- promoting
- prompting
- proposing
- providing
- provoking
- quarrying
- quavering
- quivering
- ravishing
- realizing
- reasoning
- rebuffing
- reburying
- recalling
- recasting
- receiving
- reckoning
- reclining
- recording
- recycling
- referring
- reforming
- refunding
- regarding
- rehearing
- rejecting
- rejoicing
- relapsing
- releasing
- relieving
- remaining
- remedying
- rendering
- repairing
- repeating
- repelling
- replacing
- reporting
- reproving
- requiring
- reserving
- resisting
- resolving
- restoring
- resulting
- retailing
- retaining
- returning
- reversing
- reviewing
- rewarding
- rewording
- scantling
- schilling
- schooling
- scorching
- screaming
- screening
- scrubbing
- scurrying
- seafaring
- searching
- seasoning
- seconding
- servicing
- shadowing
- sheathing
- shielding
- shingling
- shivering
- showering
- shredding
- shrieking
- shrinking
- shrugging
- signaling
- silencing
- silvering
- simmering
- sketching
- skydiving
- sleuthing
- sloughing
- smooching
- smoothing
- sniveling
- snuffling
- something
- sorrowing
- sparkling
- spiriting
- splashing
- splitting
- spreading
- springing
- sprinting
- squatting
- squeezing
- startling
- steadying
- straining
- stranding
- strapping
- streaking
- streaming
- stressing
- stringing
- stripling
- stripping
- strumming
- stumbling
- subliming
- substring
- suffering
- supplying
- supposing
- surfacing
- surmising
- surveying
- surviving
- switching
- tampering
- targeting
- taxpaying
- tempering
- tendering
- texturing
- threading
- threshing
- thrilling
- throbbing
- thrusting
- ticketing
- timbering
- tittering
- torturing
- tottering
- traveling
- trembling
- troubling
- trouncing
- tunneling
- twinkling
- unbending
- unceasing
- underling
- underwing
- unfailing
- unfeeling
- unfitting
- unfolding
- unheeding
- unknowing
- unloading
- unlocking
- unnerving
- unpitying
- unsmiling
- unsparing
- unvarying
- unwilling
- unwitting
- upholding
- uplifting
- uploading
- upsetting
- veneering
- venturing
- vetchling
- violating
- wallowing
- wandering
- wayfaring
- weakening
- weighting
- welcoming
- wellbeing
- whistling
- windowing
- withering
- wondering
- worldling
- wrestling
- wrinkling
- yellowing
10-letter words ending in ING(413)
- abandoning
- abstaining
- accounting
- activating
- addressing
- advocating
- affronting
- almsgiving
- anguishing
- annotating
- announcing
- appetizing
- applauding
- appointing
- appraising
- arraigning
- assaulting
- assembling
- astounding
- attempting
- attracting
- augmenting
- ballasting
- ballooning
- bargaining
- bartending
- beekeeping
- belaboring
- belittling
- benefiting
- beseeching
- bewitching
- blackening
- blanketing
- blistering
- blockading
- blossoming
- blubbering
- blundering
- blustering
- bolstering
- bookmaking
- bouldering
- broadening
- butchering
- canvassing
- captaining
- caretaking
- carjacking
- cataloging
- cautioning
- certifying
- changeling
- channeling
- chartering
- chastening
- chattering
- cherishing
- clattering
- clustering
- coalescing
- cobwebbing
- coinciding
- collapsing
- collecting
- comforting
- commanding
- commencing
- commending
- commenting
- committing
- compacting
- compassing
- compelling
- completing
- comprising
- concealing
- conceiving
- concerning
- concluding
- concreting
- concurring
- condemning
- condensing
- conducting
- confessing
- confirming
- conforming
- connecting
- conquering
- consenting
- consigning
- conspiring
- consulting
- contacting
- containing
- contending
- contenting
- contesting
- continuing
- contouring
- contriving
- converging
- converting
- convicting
- convincing
- convulsing
- corralling
- correcting
- corrupting
- counseling
- countering
- cricketing
- crocheting
- crucifying
- curtaining
- cushioning
- debriefing
- decreasing
- defaulting
- degaussing
- delegating
- delighting
- delivering
- denouncing
- depositing
- depressing
- descending
- describing
- desolating
- despairing
- destroying
- developing
- diagnosing
- dialoguing
- disbanding
- discerning
- disclosing
- discussing
- disdaining
- disgracing
- disguising
- disgusting
- dismissing
- dispersing
- displaying
- disrupting
- dissecting
- dissenting
- dissolving
- distancing
- distilling
- distorting
- disturbing
- dominating
- downsizing
- drawstring
- dynamiting
- enchanting
- encircling
- enervating
- enfeebling
- enfilading
- engrossing
- enlivening
- entangling
- entrancing
- enveloping
- equalizing
- estimating
- estranging
- evacuating
- everything
- evidencing
- exchanging
- exclaiming
- exercising
- exhausting
- exhibiting
- explaining
- exploiting
- expressing
- extracting
- fashioning
- favoriting
- feathering
- fingerling
- flattening
- flattering
- fledgeling
- flickering
- fluttering
- forbearing
- forbidding
- foreboding
- foreseeing
- forfeiting
- forgetting
- formatting
- forwarding
- fosterling
- foundering
- freighting
- frolicking
- furnishing
- furthering
- generating
- glistening
- glittering
- glorifying
- graduating
- groundling
- gunrunning
- hairspring
- handspring
- haranguing
- harnessing
- harvesting
- headlining
- headspring
- heartening
- hesitating
- highflying
- holidaying
- homecoming
- homemaking
- hopsacking
- horrifying
- impounding
- impressing
- inbreeding
- increasing
- indicating
- indwelling
- ingraining
- initiating
- instilling
- intimating
- journeying
- laundering
- leveraging
- lifesaving
- lipreading
- logrolling
- lovemaking
- magnifying
- mainspring
- marshaling
- meandering
- mentioning
- minelaying
- missioning
- moderating
- monitoring
- moralizing
- mortifying
- motivating
- muckraking
- nauseating
- neglecting
- networking
- oceangoing
- organizing
- outfitting
- outpouring
- outputting
- overacting
- overcoming
- overeating
- overrating
- overriding
- partnering
- patrolling
- patterning
- performing
- permitting
- perplexing
- persisting
- picnicking
- pioneering
- playacting
- polarizing
- portioning
- portraying
- possessing
- practicing
- preferring
- presenting
- preserving
- pressuring
- prevailing
- princeling
- proceeding
- processing
- professing
- projecting
- protesting
- publishing
- purchasing
- qualifying
- quarreling
- quickening
- rainmaking
- rebuilding
- recovering
- recruiting
- refereeing
- reflecting
- refocusing
- refreshing
- regretting
- regulating
- requesting
- resonating
- resounding
- resourcing
- respecting
- responding
- retraining
- rollicking
- sanderling
- satisfying
- scattering
- scheduling
- scrambling
- scratching
- screeching
- sectioning
- sentencing
- separating
- sequencing
- sharpening
- shattering
- sheltering
- shoemaking
- shoestring
- skywriting
- slithering
- smattering
- smothering
- snorkeling
- soldiering
- spattering
- specifying
- sponsoring
- staggering
- stargazing
- starveling
- stretching
- struggling
- stupefying
- subheading
- subjecting
- subjoining
- submitting
- suggesting
- supporting
- surpassing
- surprising
- suspecting
- suspending
- sustaining
- swaggering
- swallowing
- sweetening
- sweltering
- tensioning
- terrifying
- throttling
- thundering
- tightening
- tormenting
- transiting
- traversing
- treasuring
- triggering
- triumphing
- unalarming
- unassuming
- unavailing
- unbecoming
- unblinking
- unblushing
- unchanging
- underlying
- unedifying
- unexciting
- unflagging
- ungrudging
- uninviting
- unleashing
- unobliging
- unpleasing
- unsleeping
- unsporting
- unstinting
- unswerving
- untangling
- untempting
- unthinking
- untrusting
- unwavering
- unwearying
- unyielding
- upbraiding
- upbringing
- upstanding
- vitalizing
- wellspring
- winemaking
- witnessing
- worshiping
- wrongdoing
11-letter words ending in ING(215)
- abstracting
- acquainting
- advertising
- aggravating
- alternating
- approaching
- astonishing
- babysitting
- backpacking
- backsliding
- bankrupting
- besmirching
- bewildering
- bobsledding
- bookbinding
- bookkeeping
- bookselling
- bootlegging
- bootlicking
- brandishing
- bricklaying
- brightening
- buttressing
- calculating
- calendaring
- campaigning
- captivating
- catapulting
- championing
- christening
- churchgoing
- compounding
- compressing
- conflicting
- confounding
- confronting
- considering
- contracting
- contrasting
- controlling
- cornhusking
- daylighting
- denigrating
- deprecating
- devastating
- diagramming
- diminishing
- discharging
- discounting
- discovering
- dishonoring
- dishwashing
- dismantling
- disobliging
- disparaging
- dispatching
- dispiriting
- displeasing
- disquieting
- distressing
- distrusting
- documenting
- domineering
- downloading
- downpouring
- dressmaking
- encouraging
- endangering
- endeavoring
- engineering
- enthralling
- envisioning
- everlasting
- fascinating
- floundering
- flourishing
- fluctuating
- footballing
- forecasting
- foretelling
- forewarning
- forthcoming
- fragmenting
- frequenting
- frightening
- frustrating
- functioning
- furloughing
- galvanizing
- garrisoning
- handshaking
- handwriting
- hardworking
- heightening
- highjacking
- humiliating
- hybridizing
- identifying
- infuriating
- ingathering
- inoculating
- insinuating
- inspiriting
- interesting
- laborsaving
- landholding
- latchstring
- lengthening
- maintaining
- malingering
- matchmaking
- meatpacking
- merrymaking
- misspelling
- moneymaking
- moviemaking
- multiplying
- nonspeaking
- occasioning
- oscillating
- outbuilding
- outcropping
- outstanding
- overbearing
- overloading
- overlooking
- overturning
- overweening
- painstaking
- palpitating
- papermaking
- paragliding
- paralleling
- parasailing
- pinpointing
- pipefitting
- positioning
- preexisting
- printmaking
- proclaiming
- programming
- progressing
- prospecting
- quadrupling
- questioning
- quintupling
- registering
- remembering
- reproaching
- researching
- reshuffling
- restricting
- roleplaying
- safekeeping
- sailplaning
- sanctioning
- shepherding
- shoplifting
- shortcoming
- shouldering
- showjumping
- sightseeing
- solidifying
- soothsaying
- spacefaring
- splintering
- squandering
- stabilizing
- stockpiling
- stocktaking
- stovepiping
- suffocating
- superstring
- suppressing
- surrounding
- talebearing
- tantalizing
- telecasting
- teleworking
- threatening
- timekeeping
- timeserving
- titillating
- tobogganing
- trafficking
- transpiring
- typewriting
- unaffecting
- unappealing
- unbefitting
- unbelieving
- undemanding
- undeserving
- undeviating
- unfaltering
- unflinching
- unforgiving
- uninspiring
- unoffending
- unpromising
- unreasoning
- unrelenting
- unremitting
- unresisting
- unrewarding
- vacationing
- vaccinating
- vacillating
- wainscoting
- warehousing
- wildcatting
- withdrawing
- withholding
- woodcarving
- worshipping
12-letter words ending in ING(112)
- adulterating
- ameliorating
- annihilating
- antialiasing
- asphyxiating
- backbreaking
- backlighting
- beachcombing
- beleaguering
- blacktopping
- bloodletting
- bloodsucking
- bluestocking
- boatbuilding
- bodybuilding
- brainwashing
- breadwinning
- breathtaking
- broadcasting
- buccaneering
- bullfighting
- bushwhacking
- caterwauling
- cheeseparing
- childbearing
- cockfighting
- compromising
- constraining
- conveyancing
- crosscutting
- debilitating
- deerstalking
- demoralizing
- depreciating
- deregulating
- disappearing
- disbelieving
- discouraging
- disorienting
- earsplitting
- earthshaking
- effervescing
- electrifying
- embarrassing
- enlightening
- enterprising
- entertaining
- exasperating
- excruciating
- exhilarating
- faultfinding
- fireproofing
- freestanding
- freethinking
- freewheeling
- goldbricking
- guaranteeing
- hairdressing
- handicapping
- heartburning
- heartrending
- heartwarming
- hemstitching
- highfaluting
- housekeeping
- housewarming
- immobilizing
- ingratiating
- interlinking
- interlocking
- intersecting
- intoxicating
- invigorating
- longstanding
- metalworking
- minesweeping
- misreckoning
- motorcycling
- nonflowering
- paperhanging
- peacekeeping
- pigeonholing
- prizewinning
- regenerating
- republishing
- shadowboxing
- shareholding
- shipbuilding
- sleepwalking
- sloganeering
- smallholding
- snowboarding
- speechmaking
- spellbinding
- stockholding
- stonewalling
- surfboarding
- thanksgiving
- transferring
- transmitting
- trapshooting
- trendsetting
- unappetizing
- unconvincing
- undiscerning
- unflattering
- ungratifying
- unhesitating
- unsatisfying
- unsurprising
- unsuspecting
- warmongering
13-letter words ending in ING(54)
- bloodcurdling
- brainstorming
- cabinetmaking
- carpetbagging
- condescending
- corresponding
- crossbreeding
- decompressing
- desensitizing
- disappointing
- disconcerting
- disenchanting
- disheartening
- familiarizing
- foreshadowing
- gesticulating
- hairsplitting
- hallucinating
- heartbreaking
- horsewhipping
- housebreaking
- housecleaning
- incriminating
- interbreeding
- merchandising
- nonconducting
- nonconforming
- perambulating
- prepossessing
- refrigerating
- repositioning
- rollerblading
- scintillating
- sidesplitting
- skateboarding
- somersaulting
- swashbuckling
- telecommuting
- telemarketing
- thermosetting
- thoroughgoing
- tranquilizing
- uncomplaining
- underclothing
- understanding
- unencouraging
- uninteresting
- unquestioning
- unstimulating
- unthreatening
- waterproofing
- weightlifting
- whipstitching
- wonderworking
14-letter words ending in ING(16)
- bioengineering
- disillusioning
- electioneering
- featherbedding
- fingerprinting
- fingerspelling
- fortunetelling
- groundbreaking
- malfunctioning
- mountaineering
- philosophizing
- strikebreaking
- uncompromising
- unenlightening
- unenterprising
- unilluminating
15-letter words ending in ING(4)
- notwithstanding
- unaccommodating
- uncomprehending
- unprepossessing
Words ending in ING by first letter
S, C, and B start the most -ing words in this list; X has none.
| Letter | Words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | 141 | acing, aging, aping, axing, aching, acting |
| B | 271 | being, bling, bring, baking, baling, baring |
| C | 324 | cling, cuing, caging, caking, caning, caring |
| D | 242 | ding, doing, dying, daring, dating, dicing |
| E | 147 | eying, easing, eating, ebbing, edging, egging |
| F | 184 | fling, facing, fading, faking, faring, filing |
| G | 104 | going, gaming, gaping, gating, gazing, giving |
| H | 117 | hating, having, hazing, hiding, hiking, hiring |
| I | 60 | icing, idling, inning, imaging, inching, inkling |
| J | 23 | jawing, joking, jabbing, jamming, jarring, jerking |
| K | 16 | king, keying, keeping, kicking, kidding, killing |
| L | 82 | lying, lacing, lading, laying, liking, lining |
| M | 99 | making, mating, mining, mixing, moping, moving |
| N | 34 | naming, nosing, noting, nabbing, nagging, nailing |
| O | 48 | owing, oiling, oozing, outing, obeying, ongoing |
| P | 176 | ping, pacing, paging, paling, paving, pawing |
| Q | 14 | quoting, quacking, quieting, quisling, quitting, quarrying |
| R | 159 | ring, racing, raging, raking, raring, rating |
| S | 388 | sing, sling, sting, swing, saving, saying |
| T | 137 | thing, tying, taking, taping, taxing, timing |
| U | 113 | using, urging, undying, uniting, umpiring, uncaring |
| V | 21 | vying, voting, valuing, varying, veining, vending |
| W | 93 | wing, wring, wading, waging, waking, waving |
| Y | 9 | yapping, yawning, yelling, yelping, yearling, yearning |
| Z | 6 | zing, zoning, zapping, zeroing, zesting, zipping |
-ING grammar: gerunds, present participles, and -ing adjectives
The same -ing form can do several jobs in a sentence. Knowing which job it's doing helps with commas, word choice, and those “bored vs. boring” mix-ups.
Present participle (verb)
Used with be to form continuous tenses, or to start a descriptive phrase.
- She is reading a novel.
- They were laughing when I arrived.
- Walking home, I saw a fox.
Gerund (noun)
Works as a noun: a subject, an object, or after a preposition. Quick test: you can swap in “it” or “something.”
- Swimming is great exercise.
- I enjoy cooking.
- Thanks for coming.
-ing adjective (participial adjective)
Describes the thing that causes a feeling. The -ed form describes the person who has the feeling.
- The lecture was boring, so I was bored.
- An exciting game / excited fans
- Confusing directions / a confused driver
-ing noun (a thing in its own right)
Some -ing words have become everyday countable nouns. They can take a and a plural.
- a building, two buildings
- a painting on the wall
- a wedding, a meeting, a feeling
Spelling rules for adding -ING
| Rule | Examples | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Most verbs: just add -ing | walk → walking, read → reading, help → helping, rain → raining | — |
| Silent -e: drop the e | make → making, write → writing, hope → hoping, dance → dancing | Keep the e in -ee, -oe, -ye words and a few others: see → seeing, agree → agreeing, canoe → canoeing, toe → toeing, dye → dyeing (vs. die → dying), singe → singeing. Be → being. |
| Double the final consonant (one vowel + one consonant, stressed ending) | run → running, sit → sitting, stop → stopping, begin → beginning, admit → admitting, prefer → preferring | No doubling when the stress is earlier (visit → visiting, open → opening, happen → happening), after two vowels (sleep → sleeping), or with w, x, y (snow → snowing, fix → fixing, play → playing). US: travel → traveling; UK: travelling. |
| -ie becomes -ying | lie → lying, die → dying, tie → tying, vie → vying | A final -y stays: study → studying, cry → crying, carry → carrying. |
| -c becomes -ck | panic → panicking, picnic → picnicking, mimic → mimicking, traffic → trafficking | The k keeps the hard “k” sound before the i. |
Words that end in ING but aren't -ing verbs
Plenty of words just happen to end in the letters I-N-G. In these, -ing isn't the verb suffix:
Nouns
king, thing, ceiling, morning, evening, pudding, herring, awning, farthing, shilling, lightning, bunting, dumpling, lemming, sterling, inkling
Ordinary nouns. Morning and evening are nouns for times of day (evening can also be the -ing form of the verb even, as in “evening out the score”). Lightning is the flash in a storm; lightening is the verb form of lighten.
Base verbs & nouns where -ing is part of the root
bring, cling, fling, ring, sing, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, wing, wring
These are dictionary base forms, not -ing forms. Their own -ing forms add another -ing: bringing, singing, stringing.
Words ending in the suffix -ling
sibling, darling, duckling, gosling, sapling, seedling, hatchling, fledgling, yearling, earthling, starling
Here the ending is -ling, often meaning “small or young one” (duckling, sapling), not -ing.
Pronouns
something, nothing, anything, everything
Compounds of some-, no-, any-, every- with thing.
Prepositions
during, notwithstanding
Both began as participles of old verbs but now work only as prepositions. (According to, regarding, and concerning can also act as prepositions.)
Compounds
earring, offspring
ear + ring and off + spring.
Short words ending in ING (4 and 5 letters)
4 letters: ding, king, ping, ring, sing, wing, zing.
5 letters: acing, aging, aping, axing, being, bling, bring, cling, cuing, doing, dying, eying, fling, going, icing, lying, owing, sling, sting, swing, thing, tying, using, vying, wring.
Tip for word games: once you spot I-N-G on a board, look backward for a stem. In the daily WordFren puzzle, an ING cluster next to letters like S-T-R or B-R can turn into string, bring, or bringing.
Words ending in ING: FAQ
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