# boring

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,411

## Definitions
1. The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
2. A pit or hole which has been bored.
3. One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.

## Etymology
From Middle English boryng (“making a hole”); equivalent to bore + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-born)
- **brig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-brig)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-brin)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-bring)
- **Boris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-boris)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-borne)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-brink)
- **brine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-brine)
- **boron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-boron)
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-buying)
- **brings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-brings)
- **boxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-boxing)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-bowing)
- **bovine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-bovine)
- **burning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-burning)
- **bowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-bowling)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-burying)
- **bing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-boring)
- **bong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bong-vs-boring)
- **borg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borg-vs-boring)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bboring`, `boirng`, `borign`, `boringg`, `borinng`, `bornig`, `borring`, `broing`, `obring`

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