# flooding

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈflʌdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,445

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of flood

## Easily confused with
- **flowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooding-vs-flowing)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooding-vs-folding)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooding-vs-footing)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooding-vs-fooling)
- **flooring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooding-vs-flooring)
- **flopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooding-vs-flopping)
- **flossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooding-vs-flossing)
- **floating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-flooding)
- **flogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flogging-vs-flooding)

## Common misspellings (12)
`fflooding`, `fllooding`, `floding`, `flodoing`, `floodding`, `floodign`, `floodingg`, `floodinng`, `floodnig`, `flooidng`, `foloding`, `lfooding`

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