# fingering

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,837

## Definitions
1. The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.
2. A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.
3. The act of using the fingers to stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.
4. A thin woollen yarn for stockings.

## Easily confused with
- **figuring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/figuring-vs-fingering)
- **filtering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filtering-vs-fingering)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ffingering`, `fignering`, `finegring`, `fingeirng`, `fingerign`, `fingeringg`, `fingerinng`, `fingernig`, `fingerring`, `finggering`, `fingreing`, `finngering`, `fnigering`, `ifngering`

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