# puffing

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #35,895

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of puff
2. Leaving a car engine running unattended, especially in cold weather to warm it up.

## Easily confused with
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-puking)
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-putting)
- **pushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-pushing)
- **pulling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-pulling)
- **pumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-pumping)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-purging)
- **pulsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-pulsing)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-purring)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-punting)
- **puffin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffin-vs-puffing)
- **pudding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pudding-vs-puffing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`pfufing`, `ppuffing`, `puffign`, `puffingg`, `puffinng`, `puffnig`, `pufifng`, `pufing`, `upffing`

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