# farting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfɑːtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #30,041

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of fart

## Etymology
From fart + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-firing)
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-frying)
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-forcing)
- **forming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-forming)
- **fitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-fitting)
- **fasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-fasting)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-footing)
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-forging)
- **flaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-flaring)
- **fawning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-fawning)
- **fisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-fisting)
- **forking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-forking)
- **flirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-flirting)
- **feasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-feasting)
- **facing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-farting)
- **fading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-farting)
- **faking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-farting)
- **farina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farina-vs-farting)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faring-vs-farting)
- **falling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-farting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`afrting`, `faritng`, `farrting`, `fartign`, `fartingg`, `fartinng`, `fartnig`, `fartting`, `fatring`, `ffarting`, `frating`

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