# battling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #11,343

## Definitions
1. A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
2. That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.

## Etymology
From battle (“to nourish, feed”).

## Easily confused with
- **betting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/battling-vs-betting)
- **bawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/battling-vs-bawling)
- **butting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/battling-vs-butting)
- **bottling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/battling-vs-bottling)
- **bustling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/battling-vs-bustling)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batting-vs-battling)
- **bathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-battling)
- **baiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-battling)
- **bailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bailing-vs-battling)
- **balling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balling-vs-battling)
- **baffling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baffling-vs-battling)
- **babbling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/babbling-vs-battling)
- **battering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/battering-vs-battling)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abttling`, `batling`, `batlting`, `battilng`, `battlign`, `battlingg`, `battlinng`, `battlling`, `battlnig`, `bbattling`, `btatling`

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