Words Ending in ING

Unsurprisingly, when you’re THINKING about words that end in ING, your mind will naturally gravitate toward verbs. In the present progressive tense, also called the present continuous tense, you add ING to the end to indicate an action is ONGOING. Joe is RUNNING for office and Jane is RALLYING supporters. But, there’s more to ING verbs than present progressive verbs. Read more about words that end in ING.

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237 words
ventriloquizing 43
hyperimmunizing 42
psychoanalyzing 41
commercializing 40
contextualizing 40
conceptualizing 39
excommunicating 39
nephrectomizing 39
overemphasizing 39
provincializing 39

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14 Letter Words

425 words
subjectivizing 46
photooxidizing 39
psychologizing 39
thymectomizing 39
tranquillizing 39
collectivizing 38
copolymerizing 38
municipalizing 38
phlebotomizing 38
componentizing 37

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13 Letter Words

841 words
objectivizing 44
jackhammering 40
equilibrizing 39
quickstepping 39
complexifying 38
extemporizing 38
barmitzvahing 37
communalizing 37
decommunizing 37
phagocytizing 37

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12 Letter Words

1442 words
blackjacking 42
clickjacking 42
juvenilizing 40
jeopardizing 37
mezzotinting 37
stockjobbing 37
unequalizing 37
journalizing 36
lexicalizing 36
objectifying 35

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11 Letter Words

2140 words
dizzymaking 42
buckjumping 41
jackknifing 38
podzolizing 37
sjambokking 37
highjacking 36
jargonizing 35
liquidizing 35
outdazzling 35
oxygenizing 35

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10 Letter Words

2534 words
vajazzling 45
bemuzzling 39
embezzling 38
jumboizing 38
unmuzzling 38
unpuzzling 38
zigzagging 37
bedazzling 36
japanizing 35
jarovizing 35

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9 Letter Words

2503 words
squizzing 40
huzzahing 35
frazzling 34
frizzling 34
swizzling 34
twizzling 34
grizzling 33
banjaxing 32
drizzling 32
ozonizing 31

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8 Letter Words

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quizzing 39
zizzling 39
muzzling 34
puzzling 34
whizzing 34
zhuzhing 34
fizzling 33
guzzling 33
mizzling 33
dizzying 32

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7 Letter Words

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jazzing 37
zizzing 37
buzzing 32
fuzzing 32
fizzing 31
wazzing 31
razzing 28
sezzing 28
jinxing 27
jacking 26

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6 Letter Words

404 words
juking 23
fuzing 22
jiving 22
joking 22
fazing 21
japing 21
jawing 21
jibing 21
jowing 21
mazing 21

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5 Letter Words

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axing 15
exing 15
vying 14
ching 13
bling 12
cling 12
cuing 12
eking 12
fling 12
hying 12

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4 Letter Words

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jing 16
zing 16
king 11
bing 10
ping 10
wing 10
ding 8
ling 8
ring 7
sing 7

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More About Words That End in ING

As explained above, a verb ending in ING is called a present progressive or present continuous verb. It’s an action that is CONTINUING to take place. You can also talk about these sorts of verbs ending in ING in the past or future too. Jerry was DRIVING to work when Elaine called him. Chandler will be MOVING to Yemen next week.

When working out the daily Wordle puzzle, 5 letter words ending in ING like BEING, AGING and ICING are powerful options.

How you choose to use the ING words can change their meaning too, because ING verbs can function as nouns. Gerunds are words that end in ING that function as a subject or object of a sentence. Tim enjoys GARDENING on the weekend. The teacher praised Sally’s WRITING for its clarity. Abigail’s favorite hobby is KNITTING. These gerunds are all words that end with ING. 

And then you’ve got other ING words like CLING, FLING and STING too! They’re neither verbs nor gerunds. They just happen to be words that end in ING! Not sure where to go next with this DIZZYING array of options? Perhaps check out words with Q not followed by U. They’re a rare breed in English, but they’re also more numerous than you might suspect.

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