# rustling

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #35,058

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of rustle

## Etymology
From Middle English *rustlynge, rustland, from Old English hrīstlende, *hrȳstlende, present participle of Old English *hrȳstlan (“to rustle”), equivalent to rustle + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **ruling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ruling-vs-rustling)
- **rushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rushing-vs-rustling)
- **resting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-rustling)
- **rusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rusting-vs-rustling)
- **rattling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rattling-vs-rustling)
- **rumbling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rumbling-vs-rustling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`rrustling`, `rsutling`, `ruslting`, `russtling`, `rustilng`, `rustlign`, `rustlingg`, `rustlinng`, `rustlling`, `rustlnig`, `rusttling`, `rutsling`, `urstling`

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