# bowling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,548

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bowl

## Easily confused with
- **boxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowling-vs-boxing)
- **browsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowling-vs-browsing)
- **browning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowling-vs-browning)
- **brawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowling-vs-brawling)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bling-vs-bowling)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boing-vs-bowling)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-bowling)
- **Boeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boeing-vs-bowling)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowing-vs-bowling)
- **booing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booing-vs-bowling)
- **blowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-bowling)
- **bombing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-bowling)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booking-vs-bowling)
- **boiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boiling-vs-bowling)
- **bonding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-bowling)
- **billing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/billing-vs-bowling)
- **booming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booming-vs-bowling)
- **boating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-bowling)
- **bailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bailing-vs-bowling)
- **booting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booting-vs-bowling)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbowling`, `bowilng`, `bowlign`, `bowlingg`, `bowlinng`, `bowlling`, `bowlnig`, `bowwling`, `bwoling`, `obwling`

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