# fleeting

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfliːtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,087

## Definitions
1. Passing quickly; of short duration.
2. That which flees, especially quickly; fugitive.

## Etymology
From Middle English fleten (“to float”), from Old English flēotan (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-. By surface analysis, fleet + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **Fleming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeting-vs-fleming)
- **freeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeting-vs-freeing)
- **flexing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeting-vs-flexing)
- **floating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeting-vs-floating)
- **freezing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeting-vs-freezing)
- **flirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeting-vs-flirting)
- **fretting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeting-vs-fretting)
- **feeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeling-vs-fleeting)
- **feeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeding-vs-fleeting)
- **fleeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeing-vs-fleeting)

## Common misspellings (12)
`feleting`, `ffleeting`, `fleeitng`, `fleetign`, `fleetingg`, `fleetinng`, `fleetnig`, `fleetting`, `fleteing`, `fleting`, `flleeting`, `lfeeting`

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