# fooling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfuːlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,339

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of fool

## Easily confused with
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-forcing)
- **forming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-forming)
- **foolish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-foolish)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-footing)
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-forging)
- **fueling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-fueling)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-fouling)
- **forking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-forking)
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fling-vs-fooling)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fooling)
- **feeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeling-vs-fooling)
- **falling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falling-vs-fooling)
- **failing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fooling)
- **filling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fooling)
- **flowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flowing-vs-fooling)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-fooling)
- **foaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foaming-vs-fooling)
- **felling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/felling-vs-fooling)
- **flooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooding-vs-fooling)
- **flooring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooring-vs-fooling)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ffooling`, `foling`, `foloing`, `fooilng`, `foolign`, `foolingg`, `foolinng`, `foolling`, `foolnig`, `ofoling`

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