# Fleming

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈflɛmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,719

## Definitions
1. A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

## Etymology
From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.

## Easily confused with
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-fling)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-flying)
- **fuming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-fuming)
- **forming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-forming)
- **flowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-flowing)
- **framing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-framing)
- **freeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-freeing)
- **fueling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-fueling)
- **Flemish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-flemish)
- **flexing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-flexing)
- **foaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-foaming)
- **feeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeling-vs-fleming)
- **feeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeding-vs-fleming)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-fleming)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filming-vs-fleming)
- **fleeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeing-vs-fleming)
- **flaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaming-vs-fleming)
- **flaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaring-vs-fleming)
- **fleeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeting-vs-fleming)
- **flamingo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flamingo-vs-fleming)

## Common misspellings (11)
`felming`, `ffleming`, `fleimng`, `flemign`, `flemingg`, `fleminng`, `flemming`, `flemnig`, `flleming`, `flmeing`, `lfeming`

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