# finding

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfaɪndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,484

## Definitions
1. A result of research or an investigation.
2. A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
3. That which is found, a find, a discovery.
4. The act of discovering something by chance, an instance of finding something by chance.
5. Tools or materials used in shoe making or repair.
6. A self-contained component of assembled jewellery.

## Etymology
From Middle English fyndyng, Old English findincge; equivalent to find + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-firing)
- **fixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-fixing)
- **funding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-funding)
- **fishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-fishing)
- **fitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-fitting)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-folding)
- **fisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-fisting)
- **findings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-findings)
- **founding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-founding)
- **flinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-flinging)
- **fondling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-fondling)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-finding)
- **fading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-finding)
- **feeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeding-vs-finding)
- **filling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-finding)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filming-vs-finding)
- **fencing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fencing-vs-finding)
- **fanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanning-vs-finding)
- **feuding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feuding-vs-finding)
- **fielding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fielding-vs-finding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffinding`, `fidning`, `findding`, `findign`, `findingg`, `findinng`, `findnig`, `finidng`, `finnding`, `fniding`, `ifnding`

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