# churning

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,700

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is churned.
2. The quantity of butter prepared (by churning) at one time.

## Easily confused with
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/churning-vs-curing)
- **curling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/churning-vs-curling)
- **cunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/churning-vs-cunning)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/churning-vs-cursing)
- **curving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/churning-vs-curving)
- **coursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/churning-vs-coursing)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charing-vs-churning)
- **charging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charging-vs-churning)
- **charming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charming-vs-churning)
- **Channing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/channing-vs-churning)
- **charting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charting-vs-churning)
- **chirping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirping-vs-churning)
- **chugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chugging-vs-churning)
- **chucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chucking-vs-churning)
- **chaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaining-vs-churning)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cchurning`, `chhurning`, `chruning`, `chunring`, `churinng`, `churnign`, `churningg`, `churninng`, `churnnig`, `churnning`, `churrning`, `cuhrning`, `hcurning`

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