# trawling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #45,132

## Definitions
1. A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.
2. A laborious search.

## Easily confused with
- **trolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trawling-vs-trolling)
- **trifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trawling-vs-trifling)
- **trading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trading-vs-trawling)
- **tracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracing-vs-trawling)
- **tailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-trawling)
- **thawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thawing-vs-trawling)
- **training** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/training-vs-trawling)
- **tracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracking-vs-trawling)
- **trailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trailing-vs-trawling)
- **trapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trapping-vs-trawling)
- **trashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trashing-vs-trawling)
- **traveling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/traveling-vs-trawling)
- **trampling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trampling-vs-trawling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`rtawling`, `tarwling`, `tralwing`, `trawilng`, `trawlign`, `trawlingg`, `trawlinng`, `trawlling`, `trawlnig`, `trawwling`, `trrawling`, `trwaling`, `ttrawling`

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