# blowing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,102

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of blow

## Etymology
From Middle English blowynge, blowende, from Old English blāwende, from Proto-Germanic *blēandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”), equivalent to blow + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **blown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-blown)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-boing)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-boring)
- **boxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-boxing)
- **Boeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-boeing)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-bowing)
- **booing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-booing)
- **bowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-bowling)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-booking)
- **brewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-brewing)
- **booming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-booming)
- **booting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-booting)
- **browsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-browsing)
- **browning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-browning)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bling-vs-blowing)
- **blaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaming-vs-blowing)
- **blazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blazing-vs-blowing)
- **blaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaring-vs-blowing)
- **blocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocking-vs-blowing)
- **blogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blogging-vs-blowing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bblowing`, `bllowing`, `bloiwng`, `blowign`, `blowingg`, `blowinng`, `blownig`, `blowwing`, `blwoing`, `bolwing`, `lbowing`

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