# wrestling

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,749

## Definitions
1. A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
2. Ellipsis of professional wrestling (“act that emulates the sport of wrestling”).
3. A wrestling match.
4. The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.

## Etymology
From late Old English wræstlung.

## Easily confused with
- **whistling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whistling-vs-wrestling)

## Common misspellings (15)
`rwestling`, `werstling`, `wreslting`, `wresstling`, `wrestilng`, `wrestlign`, `wrestlingg`, `wrestlinng`, `wrestlling`, `wrestlnig`, `wresttling`, `wretsling`, `wrrestling`, `wrsetling`, `wwrestling`

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