# herding

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,824

## Definitions
1. An act by which individuals are herded.
2. A hirsel.
3. Manipulation of poll results by a polling organization so that they match those produced from other organizations.

## Easily confused with
- **hiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-hiding)
- **hiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-hiring)
- **heroin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-heroin)
- **herein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-herein)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-holding)
- **hurting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-hurting)
- **heroine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-heroine)
- **herring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-herring)
- **hurling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-hurling)
- **hoarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-hoarding)
- **Hardin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hardin-vs-herding)
- **hearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearing-vs-herding)
- **helping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-herding)
- **heading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-herding)
- **healing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healing-vs-herding)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heating-vs-herding)
- **handing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-herding)
- **Harding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harding-vs-herding)
- **hedging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-herding)
- **heaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaving-vs-herding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ehrding`, `hedring`, `herdding`, `herdign`, `herdingg`, `herdinng`, `herdnig`, `heridng`, `herrding`, `hherding`, `hreding`

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