# folding

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,213

## Definitions
1. Designed to fold

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

## Easily confused with
- **funding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-funding)
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-forcing)
- **forming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-forming)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-footing)
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-forging)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-fooling)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-fouling)
- **forking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-forking)
- **founding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-founding)
- **fondling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-fondling)
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fling-vs-folding)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flying-vs-folding)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-folding)
- **fading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-folding)
- **finding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-folding)
- **falling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-folding)
- **feeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeding-vs-folding)
- **filling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-folding)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filming-vs-folding)
- **foaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foaming-vs-folding)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ffolding`, `fodling`, `foldding`, `foldign`, `foldingg`, `foldinng`, `foldnig`, `folidng`, `follding`, `oflding`

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