# boating

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbəʊtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #18,770

## Definitions
1. The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.
2. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

## Etymology
boat + -ing

## Easily confused with
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-boing)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-boring)
- **boxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-boxing)
- **Boeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-boeing)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-bowing)
- **booing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-booing)
- **bombing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-bombing)
- **bowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-bowling)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-booking)
- **boiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-boiling)
- **bonding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-bonding)
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-busting)
- **booming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-booming)
- **braking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-braking)
- **bracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-bracing)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-bunting)
- **booting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-booting)
- **butting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-butting)
- **bottling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-bottling)
- **baking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-boating)

## Common misspellings (10)
`baoting`, `bboating`, `boaitng`, `boatign`, `boatingg`, `boatinng`, `boatnig`, `boatting`, `botaing`, `obating`

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