# howling

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhaʊlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #20,668

## Definitions
1. The act of producing howls.

## Etymology
From Middle English howlynge, howelynge, equivalent to howl + -ing (gerund suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **hurling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/howling-vs-hurling)
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoping-vs-howling)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homing-vs-howling)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honing-vs-howling)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-howling)
- **housing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/housing-vs-howling)
- **healing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healing-vs-howling)
- **hosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hosting-vs-howling)
- **hopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopping-vs-howling)
- **hotline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hotline-vs-howling)
- **hauling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hauling-vs-howling)
- **hooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooking-vs-howling)
- **hawking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawking-vs-howling)
- **hailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hailing-vs-howling)
- **honking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honking-vs-howling)
- **hogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-howling)
- **Hollins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hollins-vs-howling)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hhowling`, `holwing`, `howilng`, `howlign`, `howlingg`, `howlinng`, `howlling`, `howlnig`, `howwling`, `hwoling`, `ohwling`

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