# birding

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ/ · frequency rank #44,649

## Definitions
1. birdwatching
2. The catching of birds; fowling

## Etymology
From bird + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-bring)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-boring)
- **biting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-biting)
- **Birkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-birkin)
- **burning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-burning)
- **bonding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-bonding)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-burying)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-budding)
- **building** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-building)
- **boarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-boarding)
- **blinding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-blinding)
- **birthing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-birthing)
- **birdsong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-birdsong)
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biking-vs-birding)
- **birdie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birdie-vs-birding)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baring-vs-birding)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bering-vs-birding)
- **binding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-birding)
- **bidding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidding-vs-birding)
- **bending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-birding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbirding`, `bidring`, `birdding`, `birdign`, `birdingg`, `birdinng`, `birdnig`, `biridng`, `birrding`, `briding`, `ibrding`

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