# fishing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,164

## Definitions
1. The act of catching fish.
2. The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
3. Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
4. A fishery, a place for catching fish.

## Etymology
From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **fixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishing-vs-fixing)
- **fusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishing-vs-fusing)
- **fitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishing-vs-fitting)
- **fussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishing-vs-fussing)
- **fisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishing-vs-fisting)
- **flashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishing-vs-flashing)
- **flushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishing-vs-flushing)
- **phishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishing-vs-phishing)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fishing)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fishing)
- **finding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-fishing)
- **filling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fishing)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filming-vs-fishing)
- **fasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-fishing)
- **fighting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fighting-vs-fishing)
- **finishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finishing-vs-fishing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffishing`, `fihsing`, `fishhing`, `fishign`, `fishingg`, `fishinng`, `fishnig`, `fisihng`, `fisshing`, `fsihing`, `ifshing`

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