# bombing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɒmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,115

## Definitions
1. The action of dropping bombs from the air.
2. The action of placing and detonating bombs.
3. The act of bombing a drug (wrapping it in a covering before swallowing it).

## Easily confused with
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-boring)
- **boxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-boxing)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-bowing)
- **booing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-booing)
- **bowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-bowling)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-booking)
- **bonding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-bonding)
- **booming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-booming)
- **bumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-bumping)
- **bribing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-bribing)
- **booting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-booting)
- **bumbling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-bumbling)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boing-vs-bombing)
- **Boeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boeing-vs-bombing)
- **boiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boiling-vs-bombing)
- **boating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-bombing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbombing`, `bmobing`, `bobming`, `bombbing`, `bombign`, `bombingg`, `bombinng`, `bombnig`, `bomibng`, `bommbing`, `obmbing`

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