# lashing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlæʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #27,536

## Definitions
1. Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
2. The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation, chastisement.
3. The or an act of lashing; a heavy falling or downpour (of rain).
4. Lots; a great amount.

## Etymology
From lash + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **losing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-losing)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-laying)
- **listing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-listing)
- **lasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-lasting)
- **leasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-leasing)
- **Lessing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-lessing)
- **laughing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-laughing)
- **loathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-loathing)
- **leaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-leaching)
- **latching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-latching)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-lashing)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-lashing)
- **landing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-lashing)
- **lacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-lashing)
- **Lansing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lansing-vs-lashing)
- **lagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lagging-vs-lashing)
- **lapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapping-vs-lashing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`alshing`, `lahsing`, `lashhing`, `lashign`, `lashingg`, `lashinng`, `lashnig`, `lasihng`, `lasshing`, `llashing`, `lsahing`

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