# farming

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɑːmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,036

## Definitions
1. The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.
2. A farming operation; a farm, or instance of farming on a piece of land.

## Etymology
From farm + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-firing)
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-frying)
- **fuming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-fuming)
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-forcing)
- **forming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-forming)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-filming)
- **framing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-framing)
- **fasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-fasting)
- **Fleming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-fleming)
- **flaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-flaming)
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-forging)
- **farting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-farting)
- **foaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-foaming)
- **flaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-flaring)
- **fawning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-fawning)
- **forking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-forking)
- **farthing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-farthing)
- **facing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-farming)
- **fading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-farming)
- **famine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/famine-vs-farming)

## Common misspellings (10)
`afrming`, `famring`, `farimng`, `farmign`, `farmingg`, `farminng`, `farmming`, `farmnig`, `farrming`, `ffarming`

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