# floating

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,326

## Definitions
1. That floats or float.
2. Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
3. that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, float + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **flowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-flowing)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-footing)
- **foaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-foaming)
- **flooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-flooding)
- **flooring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-flooring)
- **frosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-frosting)
- **fronting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-fronting)
- **flogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-flogging)
- **flopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-flopping)
- **flossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-flossing)
- **flaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaming-vs-floating)
- **flaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaring-vs-floating)
- **flirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flirting-vs-floating)
- **fleeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeting-vs-floating)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ffloating`, `flaoting`, `flloating`, `floaitng`, `floatign`, `floatingg`, `floatinng`, `floatnig`, `floatting`, `flotaing`, `folating`, `lfoating`

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