# falling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,203

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of fall

## Easily confused with
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fling)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-flying)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-filing)
- **Fallon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fallon)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-faring)
- **feeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-feeling)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-farming)
- **filling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-filling)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-filming)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-folding)
- **fasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fasting)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fooling)
- **fueling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fueling)
- **fanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fanning)
- **farting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-farting)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fouling)
- **felling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-felling)
- **fawning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fawning)
- **flailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-flailing)
- **Fuelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fuelling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aflling`, `falilng`, `faling`, `fallign`, `fallingg`, `fallinng`, `fallnig`, `ffalling`, `flaling`

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