# founding

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfaʊndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,229

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of found

## Easily confused with
- **funding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/founding-vs-funding)
- **finding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-founding)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-founding)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fouling-vs-founding)
- **feuding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feuding-vs-founding)
- **fondling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fondling-vs-founding)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ffounding`, `fonuding`, `foudning`, `foundding`, `foundign`, `foundingg`, `foundinng`, `foundnig`, `founidng`, `founnding`, `fuonding`, `ofunding`

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