# boxing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbɒksɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,395

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of box

## Etymology
From box (“to punch”) + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boxing-vs-bring)
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boxing-vs-buying)
- **bing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-boxing)
- **bong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bong-vs-boxing)
- **being** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/being-vs-boxing)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bling-vs-boxing)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boing-vs-boxing)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-boxing)
- **baking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-boxing)
- **Boeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boeing-vs-boxing)
- **biting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biting-vs-boxing)
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biking-vs-boxing)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-boxing)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowing-vs-boxing)
- **booing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booing-vs-boxing)
- **bovine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bovine-vs-boxing)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baring-vs-boxing)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bering-vs-boxing)
- **blowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blowing-vs-boxing)
- **bombing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-boxing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bboxing`, `boixng`, `boxign`, `boxingg`, `boxinng`, `boxnig`, `boxxing`, `bxoing`, `obxing`

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