# bing

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɪŋ/ · frequency rank #12,377

## Definitions
1. Solitary confinement.
2. A slag heap, i.e. a man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining or the shale oil industry.
3. The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
4. A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore.

## Etymology
From Middle English bing, binge, benge (also as Middle English byngger, bengere (“grain bin, hopper”)), from Old Norse bingr (“heap of corn; bed; bolster”), cognate with Scots bing, Swedish binge (“heap”), Danish bing (“bin; box; compartment”).
Compare also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap.

## Easily confused with
- **bn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bn)
- **bit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bit)
- **bug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bug)
- **bio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bio)
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bon)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bun)
- **bis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bis)
- **bog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bog)
- **biz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-biz)
- **Bir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bir)
- **blog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-blog)
- **bird** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bird)
- **bond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bond)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bone)
- **bite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bite)
- **bits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bits)
- **bong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bong)
- **brag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-brag)
- **bunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bunk)
- **bins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bins)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbing`, `bign`, `bingg`, `binng`, `bnig`, `ibng`

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