# flexing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈflɛksɪŋ/ · frequency rank #26,425

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of flex

## Easily confused with
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flexing-vs-fling)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flexing-vs-flying)
- **flowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flexing-vs-flowing)
- **freeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flexing-vs-freeing)
- **fueling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flexing-vs-fueling)
- **flexion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flexing-vs-flexion)
- **fixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fixing-vs-flexing)
- **feeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeling-vs-flexing)
- **feeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeding-vs-flexing)
- **fleeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeing-vs-flexing)
- **Fleming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-flexing)
- **flaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaming-vs-flexing)
- **flaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaring-vs-flexing)
- **fleeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeting-vs-flexing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`felxing`, `fflexing`, `fleixng`, `flexign`, `flexingg`, `flexinng`, `flexnig`, `flexxing`, `fllexing`, `flxeing`, `lfexing`

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