# binding

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,661

## Definitions
1. Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
2. Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.

## Etymology
From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **biting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-biting)
- **bonding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-bonding)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-budding)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-bunting)
- **birding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-birding)
- **building** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-building)
- **bringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-bringing)
- **branding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-branding)
- **blending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-blending)
- **blinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-blinking)
- **blinding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-blinding)
- **bounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-bounding)
- **bundling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-bundling)
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biking-vs-binding)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-binding)
- **bidding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidding-vs-binding)
- **banning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banning-vs-binding)
- **banging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banging-vs-binding)
- **bending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-binding)
- **billing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/billing-vs-binding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbinding`, `bidning`, `bindding`, `bindign`, `bindingg`, `bindinng`, `bindnig`, `binidng`, `binnding`, `bniding`, `ibnding`

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