# hunting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhʌntɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,500

## Definitions
1. The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
2. The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
3. Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.
4. The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.

## Etymology
From Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, equivalent to hunt + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **hurting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunting-vs-hurting)
- **hurling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunting-vs-hurling)
- **hustling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunting-vs-hustling)
- **hurtling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunting-vs-hurtling)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-hunting)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honing-vs-hunting)
- **hanging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanging-vs-hunting)
- **hitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hitting-vs-hunting)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heating-vs-hunting)
- **hosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hosting-vs-hunting)
- **handing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-hunting)
- **hugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugging-vs-hunting)
- **humming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humming-vs-hunting)
- **hinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinting-vs-hunting)
- **halting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halting-vs-hunting)
- **humping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humping-vs-hunting)
- **honking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honking-vs-hunting)
- **haunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haunting-vs-hunting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hhunting`, `hnuting`, `hunitng`, `hunnting`, `huntign`, `huntingg`, `huntinng`, `huntnig`, `huntting`, `hutning`, `uhnting`

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