# hurting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #5,974

## Definitions
1. A sensation that hurts.

## Easily confused with
- **hustling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurting-vs-hustling)
- **hurtling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurting-vs-hurtling)
- **hiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiring-vs-hurting)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-hurting)
- **hitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hitting-vs-hurting)
- **hunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunting-vs-hurting)
- **heating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heating-vs-hurting)
- **hosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hosting-vs-hurting)
- **herring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herring-vs-hurting)
- **hugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugging-vs-hurting)
- **Harding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harding-vs-hurting)
- **humming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humming-vs-hurting)
- **hurling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurling-vs-hurting)
- **hinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinting-vs-hurting)
- **halting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halting-vs-hurting)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-hurting)
- **humping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humping-vs-hurting)
- **haunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haunting-vs-hurting)
- **hurrying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurrying-vs-hurting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hhurting`, `hruting`, `huritng`, `hurrting`, `hurtign`, `hurtingg`, `hurtinng`, `hurtnig`, `hurtting`, `hutring`, `uhrting`

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