# gunning

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,103

## Definitions
1. The act of firing a gun.

## Easily confused with
- **gushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunning-vs-gushing)
- **gutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunning-vs-gutting)
- **gusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunning-vs-gusting)
- **gaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaining-vs-gunning)
- **guiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guiding-vs-gunning)
- **grinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grinning-vs-gunning)
- **grunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grunting-vs-gunning)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ggunning`, `gnuning`, `guning`, `guninng`, `gunnign`, `gunningg`, `gunninng`, `gunnnig`, `ugnning`

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