# flogging

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈflɒɡɪŋ/ · frequency rank #34,891

## Definitions
1. Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.

## Easily confused with
- **flowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flogging-vs-flowing)
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flogging-vs-forging)
- **flooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flogging-vs-flooding)
- **flooring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flogging-vs-flooring)
- **flopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flogging-vs-flopping)
- **flossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flogging-vs-flossing)
- **frigging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flogging-vs-frigging)
- **floating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-flogging)
- **flagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flagging-vs-flogging)
- **flinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flinging-vs-flogging)

## Common misspellings (11)
`fflogging`, `flgoging`, `fllogging`, `floggign`, `floggingg`, `flogginng`, `floggnig`, `flogigng`, `floging`, `folgging`, `lfogging`

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