# bulging

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbʌldʒɪŋ/ · frequency rank #27,761

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bulge

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

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbulging`, `bluging`, `bugling`, `bulgging`, `bulgign`, `bulgingg`, `bulginng`, `bulgnig`, `buligng`, `bullging`, `ublging`

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