# boasting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈboʊstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #20,049

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of boast

## Easily confused with
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boasting-vs-busting)
- **boating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boasting-vs-boating)
- **booting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boasting-vs-booting)
- **Boateng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boasting-vs-boateng)
- **bursting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boasting-vs-bursting)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-boasting)
- **beating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beating-vs-boasting)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batting-vs-boasting)
- **bashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-boasting)
- **baiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-boasting)
- **basking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-boasting)
- **boarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boarding-vs-boasting)
- **blasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blasting-vs-boasting)
- **bloating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloating-vs-boasting)

## Common misspellings (12)
`baosting`, `bboasting`, `boasitng`, `boassting`, `boastign`, `boastingg`, `boastinng`, `boastnig`, `boastting`, `boatsing`, `bosating`, `obasting`

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