# fasting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfæstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,514

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of fast

## Etymology
By surface analysis, fast + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **fusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-fusing)
- **fishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-fishing)
- **fitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-fitting)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-footing)
- **fussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-fussing)
- **fawning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-fawning)
- **fisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-fisting)
- **flashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-flashing)
- **frosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-frosting)
- **feasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-feasting)
- **facing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fasting)
- **fading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-fasting)
- **faking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fasting)
- **fasten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasten-vs-fasting)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faring-vs-fasting)
- **falling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fasting)
- **failing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fasting)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-fasting)
- **fanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanning-vs-fasting)
- **farting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-fasting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`afsting`, `fasitng`, `fassting`, `fastign`, `fastingg`, `fastinng`, `fastnig`, `fastting`, `fatsing`, `ffasting`, `fsating`

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