# hurling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,192

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is hurled or thrown.
2. An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.
3. A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.

## Easily confused with
- **hurting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurling-vs-hurting)
- **hustling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurling-vs-hustling)
- **hurrying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurling-vs-hurrying)
- **hurtling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurling-vs-hurtling)
- **hiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiring-vs-hurling)
- **hunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunting-vs-hurling)
- **healing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healing-vs-hurling)
- **herring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herring-vs-hurling)
- **hugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugging-vs-hurling)
- **Harding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harding-vs-hurling)
- **hauling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hauling-vs-hurling)
- **howling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/howling-vs-hurling)
- **humming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humming-vs-hurling)
- **hailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hailing-vs-hurling)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-hurling)
- **humping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humping-vs-hurling)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hhurling`, `hruling`, `hulring`, `hurilng`, `hurlign`, `hurlingg`, `hurlinng`, `hurlling`, `hurlnig`, `hurrling`, `uhrling`

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