# failing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,301

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of fail

## Easily confused with
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fling)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-firing)
- **fixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fixing)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-filing)
- **faking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-faking)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-faring)
- **feeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-feeling)
- **falling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-falling)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-farming)
- **filling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-filling)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-filming)
- **fasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fasting)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fooling)
- **fueling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fueling)
- **fanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fanning)
- **farting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-farting)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fouling)
- **felling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-felling)
- **fairing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fairing)
- **fawning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fawning)

## Common misspellings (10)
`afiling`, `faiilng`, `failign`, `failingg`, `failinng`, `failling`, `failnig`, `faliing`, `ffailing`, `fialing`

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