# flowing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,907

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of flow

## Etymology
From Middle English flowyng; equivalent to flow + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **flown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flowing-vs-flown)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flowing-vs-flying)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flowing-vs-footing)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flowing-vs-fooling)
- **frowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flowing-vs-frowning)
- **following** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flowing-vs-following)
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fling-vs-flowing)
- **fleeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleeing-vs-flowing)
- **Fleming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-flowing)
- **flaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaming-vs-flowing)
- **flexing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flexing-vs-flowing)
- **flaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaring-vs-flowing)
- **floating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-flowing)
- **flooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooding-vs-flowing)
- **flooring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooring-vs-flowing)
- **flogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flogging-vs-flowing)
- **flopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flopping-vs-flowing)
- **flossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flossing-vs-flowing)
- **flowering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flowering-vs-flowing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`fflowing`, `fllowing`, `floiwng`, `flowign`, `flowingg`, `flowinng`, `flownig`, `flowwing`, `flwoing`, `folwing`, `lfowing`

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