# bugging

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbʌɡɪŋ/ · frequency rank #24,101

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bug

## Easily confused with
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-buying)
- **burning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-burning)
- **buzzing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-buzzing)
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-busting)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-burying)
- **bumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-bumping)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-bunting)
- **bulging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-bulging)
- **butting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-butting)
- **bushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-bushing)
- **begging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begging-vs-bugging)
- **banging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banging-vs-bugging)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budding-vs-bugging)
- **bagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bagging-vs-bugging)
- **bucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-bugging)
- **blogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blogging-vs-bugging)
- **bragging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bragging-vs-bugging)
- **boggling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boggling-vs-bugging)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbugging`, `bguging`, `buggign`, `buggingg`, `bugginng`, `buggnig`, `bugigng`, `buging`, `ubgging`

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