# bending

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,507

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bend

## Easily confused with
- **Benin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-benin)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-bering)
- **binding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-binding)
- **betting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-betting)
- **bidding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-bidding)
- **bonding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-bonding)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-budding)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-bunting)
- **birding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-birding)
- **bleeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-bleeding)
- **breeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-breeding)
- **branding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-branding)
- **blending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-blending)
- **blinding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-blinding)
- **bounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-bounding)
- **bundling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-bundling)
- **being** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/being-vs-bending)
- **beating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beating-vs-bending)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bending)
- **bearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-bending)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbending`, `bedning`, `bendding`, `bendign`, `bendingg`, `bendinng`, `bendnig`, `benidng`, `bennding`, `bneding`, `ebnding`

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