# flinging

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈflɪŋɪŋ/ · frequency rank #40,249

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of fling

## Easily confused with
- **flirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flinging-vs-flirting)
- **flipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flinging-vs-flipping)
- **flogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flinging-vs-flogging)
- **frigging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flinging-vs-frigging)
- **finding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-flinging)
- **fainting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fainting-vs-flinging)
- **flicking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flicking-vs-flinging)
- **flagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagging-vs-flinging)

## Common misspellings (13)
`fflinging`, `filnging`, `fligning`, `flingging`, `flingign`, `flingingg`, `flinginng`, `flingnig`, `flinigng`, `flinnging`, `fllinging`, `flniging`, `lfinging`

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