# balling

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #38,742

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of ball

## Etymology
By surface analysis, ball + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-bling)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-basing)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-baring)
- **ballon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-ballon)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-banking)
- **bowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-bowling)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-batting)
- **banning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-banning)
- **boiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-boiling)
- **banging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-banging)
- **bathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-bathing)
- **billing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-billing)
- **barking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-barking)
- **bashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-bashing)
- **barring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-barring)
- **bulging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-bulging)
- **banding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-banding)
- **basking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-basking)
- **belting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-belting)
- **bawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-bawling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ablling`, `balilng`, `baling`, `ballign`, `ballingg`, `ballinng`, `ballnig`, `bballing`, `blaling`

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