Words ending in ING
There are 500 words ending in ing in this list, most common first. Filter by letters or length.
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The most-used words ending in ing, and what they mean
These are the 14 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.
- something
- adjectiveHaving a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
- nothing
- nounSomething trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
- thing
- nounThat which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- training
- nounThe activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
- looking
- nounThe act of one who looks; a glance.
- taking
- nounThe act by which something is taken.
- thinking
- nounThought; verbal noun of think.
- planning
- nounThe act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
- trying
- adjectiveDifficult to endure; arduous.
- teaching
- nounThe profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.
- saying
- nounA proverb or maxim.
- running
- nounThe activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
- standing
- adjectiveErect, not cut down.
- setting
- nounThe time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Of the 500 words in this list, 444 can be used as a noun, including something, nothing, thing, training, looking. Plenty of words do more than one job: state is a noun, a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it, which is why these numbers add up to more than the list itself.
How this list is built
The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.
What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.
Common questions
How many words ending in ing are there?
This list holds 500, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.
Can a word ending in ING be a noun?
Yes. 444 of the 500 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.
How are the words ordered?
By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.
Can I search inside the list?
Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.