# forming

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfɔɹmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,042

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of form

## Easily confused with
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forming-vs-frying)
- **fuming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forming-vs-fuming)
- **framing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forming-vs-framing)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forming-vs-fouling)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-forming)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faring-vs-forming)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-forming)
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forcing-vs-forming)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filming-vs-forming)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-forming)
- **Fleming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleming-vs-forming)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-forming)
- **flaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaming-vs-forming)
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forging-vs-forming)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-forming)
- **farting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-forming)
- **foaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foaming-vs-forming)
- **forking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forking-vs-forming)
- **foraging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foraging-vs-forming)

## Common misspellings (11)
`fforming`, `fomring`, `forimng`, `formign`, `formingg`, `forminng`, `formming`, `formnig`, `forrming`, `froming`, `ofrming`

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