# balling vs battling

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### balling
*verb · frequency rank #38,742*
present participle and gerund of ball

### battling
*noun · frequency rank #11,343*
A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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