# breeding

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,214

## Definitions
1. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
2. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
3. The act of copulation in animals.
4. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
5. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
6. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
7. Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex.

## Etymology
From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **brewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breeding-vs-brewing)
- **briefing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breeding-vs-briefing)
- **brooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breeding-vs-brooding)
- **bending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-breeding)
- **bedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bedding-vs-breeding)
- **beeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beeping-vs-breeding)
- **breaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breaking-vs-breeding)
- **bleeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleeding-vs-breeding)
- **branding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/branding-vs-breeding)
- **blending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blending-vs-breeding)

## Common misspellings (12)
`bbreeding`, `bereding`, `bredeing`, `breding`, `breedding`, `breedign`, `breedingg`, `breedinng`, `breednig`, `breeidng`, `brreeding`, `rbeeding`

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