# filling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfɪlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,221

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of fill

## Easily confused with
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fling)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-flying)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-firing)
- **fixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fixing)
- **finding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-finding)
- **fishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fishing)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-filming)
- **fitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fitting)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-folding)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fooling)
- **fueling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fueling)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fouling)
- **fisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fisting)
- **Fuelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fuelling)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-filling)
- **feeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeling-vs-filling)
- **falling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-filling)
- **failing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-filling)
- **felling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/felling-vs-filling)
- **fielding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fielding-vs-filling)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffilling`, `fililng`, `fillign`, `fillingg`, `fillinng`, `fillnig`, `fliling`, `iflling`

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