# blinding

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #22,301

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of blind

## Etymology
By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **bonding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blinding-vs-bonding)
- **building** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blinding-vs-building)
- **bringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blinding-vs-bringing)
- **branding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blinding-vs-branding)
- **blinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blinding-vs-blinking)
- **bounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blinding-vs-bounding)
- **binding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-blinding)
- **bidding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidding-vs-blinding)
- **bending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-blinding)
- **banding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banding-vs-blinding)
- **birding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-blinding)
- **bleeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleeding-vs-blinding)
- **blending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blending-vs-blinding)

## Common misspellings (13)
`bblinding`, `bilnding`, `blidning`, `blindding`, `blindign`, `blindingg`, `blindinng`, `blindnig`, `blinidng`, `blinnding`, `bllinding`, `blniding`, `lbinding`

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