# flooring

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈflɔːrɪŋ/ · frequency rank #20,117

## Definitions
1. A floor.
2. A material used to make floors.
3. The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.

## Etymology
From Middle English floring.

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

## Common misspellings (12)
`fflooring`, `fllooring`, `flooirng`, `floorign`, `flooringg`, `floorinng`, `floornig`, `floorring`, `floring`, `floroing`, `foloring`, `lfooring`

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