# bumping

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbʌmpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,774

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bump

## Easily confused with
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-buying)
- **burning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-burning)
- **buzzing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-buzzing)
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-busting)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-burying)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-bunting)
- **butting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-butting)
- **bushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-bushing)
- **bombing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bombing-vs-bumping)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budding-vs-bumping)
- **bugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-bumping)
- **bulging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulging-vs-bumping)
- **bucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-bumping)
- **beeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beeping-vs-bumping)
- **bumbling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumbling-vs-bumping)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbumping`, `bmuping`, `bumipng`, `bummping`, `bumpign`, `bumpingg`, `bumpinng`, `bumpnig`, `bumpping`, `bupming`, `ubmping`

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