# hogging

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,697

## Definitions
1. The targeting by men of overweight or obese women for sexual encounters, not due to sexual attraction but for amusement, or to take advantage of low self-esteem.
2. Taking up too much of something so others cannot use it.
3. Making a rough cut to quickly remove material

## Easily confused with
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-hoping)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-homing)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-honing)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-holding)
- **housing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-housing)
- **hosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-hosting)
- **hugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-hugging)
- **hopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-hopping)
- **hooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-hooking)
- **howling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-howling)
- **honking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-honking)
- **Huggins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-huggins)
- **hanging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanging-vs-hogging)
- **Higgins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/higgins-vs-hogging)
- **hedging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedging-vs-hogging)
- **haggling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggling-vs-hogging)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hgoging`, `hhogging`, `hoggign`, `hoggingg`, `hogginng`, `hoggnig`, `hogigng`, `hoging`, `ohgging`

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