# building

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/ · frequency rank #510

## Definitions
1. The act or process by which something is built; construction.
2. A closed structure with walls and a roof.
3. Synonym of Tits building.

## Etymology
From Middle English byldynge, buyldyng, byldyng, buldynge, buldyng, boldyng, equivalent to build + -ing. Compare also related Middle English bold (“edifice, castle, mansion”), from Old English bold (“building, dwelling, house”).

## Easily confused with
- **bulging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/building-vs-bulging)
- **bullying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/building-vs-bullying)
- **buildings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/building-vs-buildings)
- **binding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-building)
- **bidding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidding-vs-building)
- **boiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boiling-vs-building)
- **billing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/billing-vs-building)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budding-vs-building)
- **bailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bailing-vs-building)
- **balding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balding-vs-building)
- **birding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/birding-vs-building)
- **blinding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blinding-vs-building)

## Common misspellings (12)
`bbuilding`, `biulding`, `buidling`, `buildding`, `buildign`, `buildingg`, `buildinng`, `buildnig`, `builidng`, `buillding`, `buliding`, `ubilding`

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