# crawling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkɹɔːlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,128

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of crawl

## Easily confused with
- **crowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crawling-vs-crowning)
- **crowding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crawling-vs-crowding)
- **calling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calling-vs-crawling)
- **craving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craving-vs-crawling)
- **clawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-crawling)
- **cabling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabling-vs-crawling)
- **cracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cracking-vs-crawling)
- **crashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crashing-vs-crawling)
- **cramping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cramping-vs-crawling)
- **cranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cranking-vs-crawling)
- **cramming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cramming-vs-crawling)
- **crackling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crackling-vs-crawling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`carwling`, `ccrawling`, `cralwing`, `crawilng`, `crawlign`, `crawlingg`, `crawlinng`, `crawlling`, `crawlnig`, `crawwling`, `crrawling`, `crwaling`, `rcawling`

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