# fouling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #32,811

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of foul

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

## Common misspellings (10)
`ffouling`, `foluing`, `fouilng`, `foulign`, `foulingg`, `foulinng`, `foulling`, `foulnig`, `fuoling`, `ofuling`

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