# baiting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #28,461

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bait

## Easily confused with
- **baking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-baking)
- **biting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-biting)
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-biking)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-basing)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-baring)
- **beating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-beating)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-banking)
- **Beijing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-beijing)
- **betting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-betting)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-batting)
- **banning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-banning)
- **boiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-boiling)
- **banging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-banging)
- **bathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-bathing)
- **barking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-barking)
- **bashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-bashing)
- **barring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-barring)
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-busting)
- **boating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-boating)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-bunting)

## Common misspellings (10)
`abiting`, `baiitng`, `baitign`, `baitingg`, `baitinng`, `baitnig`, `baitting`, `batiing`, `bbaiting`, `biating`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/baiting