# firing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfaɪ.əɹ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,526

## Definitions
1. The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery.
2. The fuel for a fire.
3. The act of adding fuel to a fire.
4. The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
5. The dismissal of someone from a job due to poor work performance.
6. Cauterization.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, fire + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fling)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-flying)
- **fixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fixing)
- **fringe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fringe)
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-frying)
- **fuming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fuming)
- **fusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fusing)
- **fishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fishing)
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-forcing)
- **forming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-forming)
- **fitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fitting)
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-forging)
- **flaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-flaring)
- **fisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fisting)
- **forking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-forking)
- **flirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-flirting)
- **facing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-firing)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-firing)
- **fading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-firing)
- **faking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-firing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ffiring`, `fiirng`, `firign`, `firingg`, `firinng`, `firnig`, `firring`, `friing`, `ifring`

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