# bashing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbæʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #15,961

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bash

## Easily confused with
- **basin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-basin)
- **basins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-basins)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-basing)
- **Bashir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-bashir)
- **Baskin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-baskin)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-batting)
- **bathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-bathing)
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-busting)
- **basking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-basking)
- **bawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-bawling)
- **bushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-bushing)
- **blasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-blasting)
- **brushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-brushing)
- **boasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-boasting)
- **blushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-blushing)
- **baking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bashing)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baring-vs-bashing)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bashing)
- **backing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-bashing)
- **banning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banning-vs-bashing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abshing`, `bahsing`, `bashhing`, `bashign`, `bashingg`, `bashinng`, `bashnig`, `basihng`, `basshing`, `bbashing`, `bsahing`

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