# coughing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #15,789

## Definitions
1. A cough; the act of coughing.
2. A repetitive vocalisation of a bird or other animal that resembles human coughing.

## Easily confused with
- **counting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coughing-vs-counting)
- **crushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coughing-vs-crushing)
- **coupling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coughing-vs-coupling)
- **Coughlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coughing-vs-coughlin)
- **coursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coughing-vs-coursing)
- **crouching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coughing-vs-crouching)
- **coaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coaching-vs-coughing)
- **chugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chugging-vs-coughing)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccoughing`, `coguhing`, `cougghing`, `coughhing`, `coughign`, `coughingg`, `coughinng`, `coughnig`, `cougihng`, `couhging`, `cuoghing`, `ocughing`

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