# filing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,572

## Definitions
1. Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
2. The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
3. Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.

## Easily confused with
- **flint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-flint)
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fling)
- **flung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-flung)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-flying)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-firing)
- **fixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fixing)
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-frying)
- **fuming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fuming)
- **fusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fusing)
- **finding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-finding)
- **fishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fishing)
- **filling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-filling)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-filming)
- **fitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fitting)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-folding)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fooling)
- **fueling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fueling)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fouling)
- **fisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fisting)
- **flailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-flailing)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffiling`, `fiilng`, `filign`, `filingg`, `filinng`, `filnig`, `fliing`, `ifling`

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