# purring

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #40,408

## Definitions
1. A sound that purrs.
2. Synonym of shin-kicking.

## Easily confused with
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purring-vs-putting)
- **pushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purring-vs-pushing)
- **pursuing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purring-vs-pursuing)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prying-vs-purring)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puking-vs-purring)
- **Perrin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perrin-vs-purring)
- **parking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-purring)
- **pulling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-purring)
- **pouring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pouring-vs-purring)
- **pumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pumping-vs-purring)
- **pudding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pudding-vs-purring)
- **pairing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-purring)
- **parting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parting-vs-purring)
- **peering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-purring)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purging-vs-purring)
- **pulsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsing-vs-purring)
- **parsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-purring)
- **puffing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-purring)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punting-vs-purring)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porting-vs-purring)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ppurring`, `pruring`, `puring`, `purirng`, `purrign`, `purringg`, `purrinng`, `purrnig`, `uprring`

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