# fencing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɛnsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,716

## Definitions
1. The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).
2. Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
3. The buying and receiving of stolen goods.

## Etymology
From Middle English fensing, equivalent to fence + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **finding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fencing-vs-finding)
- **funding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fencing-vs-funding)
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fencing-vs-forcing)
- **feuding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fencing-vs-feuding)
- **fetching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fencing-vs-fetching)
- **facing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fencing)
- **feeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeling-vs-fencing)
- **feeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeding-vs-fencing)
- **fanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanning-vs-fencing)
- **felling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/felling-vs-fencing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`efncing`, `fecning`, `fenccing`, `fencign`, `fencingg`, `fencinng`, `fencnig`, `fenicng`, `fenncing`, `ffencing`, `fnecing`

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