# bawling

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #38,749

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bawl

## Easily confused with
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bawling-vs-bling)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bawling-vs-bowing)
- **bowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bawling-vs-bowling)
- **boiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bawling-vs-boiling)
- **billing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bawling-vs-billing)
- **brawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bawling-vs-brawling)
- **baking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bawling)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-bawling)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baring-vs-bawling)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bawling)
- **backing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-bawling)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batting-vs-bawling)
- **banning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banning-vs-bawling)
- **banging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banging-vs-bawling)
- **bathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-bawling)
- **barking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-bawling)
- **bashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-bawling)
- **barring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barring-vs-bawling)
- **baiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-bawling)
- **bagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bagging-vs-bawling)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abwling`, `balwing`, `bawilng`, `bawlign`, `bawlingg`, `bawlinng`, `bawlling`, `bawlnig`, `bawwling`, `bbawling`, `bwaling`

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