# mooring

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #35,415

## Definitions
1. A place to moor a vessel.
2. The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
3. Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.

## Easily confused with
- **Morin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooring-vs-morin)
- **moving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooring-vs-moving)
- **mowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooring-vs-mowing)
- **morning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooring-vs-morning)
- **Moorish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooring-vs-moorish)
- **mopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooring-vs-mopping)
- **mourning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooring-vs-mourning)
- **motoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooring-vs-motoring)
- **mocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocking-vs-mooring)
- **moaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moaning-vs-mooring)
- **molding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molding-vs-mooring)

## Common misspellings (10)
`mmooring`, `mooirng`, `moorign`, `mooringg`, `moorinng`, `moornig`, `moorring`, `moring`, `moroing`, `omoring`

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