# blooming

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbluː.mɪŋ/ · frequency rank #18,768

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bloom

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

## Easily confused with
- **booing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blooming-vs-booing)
- **blowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blooming-vs-blowing)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blooming-vs-booking)
- **booming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blooming-vs-booming)
- **booting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blooming-vs-booting)
- **brooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blooming-vs-brooding)
- **blossoming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blooming-vs-blossoming)
- **blaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaming-vs-blooming)
- **becoming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becoming-vs-blooming)
- **blocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocking-vs-blooming)
- **blogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blogging-vs-blooming)
- **bloating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloating-vs-blooming)

## Common misspellings (12)
`bblooming`, `bllooming`, `bloming`, `blomoing`, `blooimng`, `bloomign`, `bloomingg`, `bloominng`, `bloomming`, `bloomnig`, `boloming`, `lbooming`

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