# rousing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹaʊzɪŋ/ · frequency rank #29,819

## Definitions
1. That rouses or excites.

## Easily confused with
- **ruling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rousing-vs-ruling)
- **rowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rousing-vs-rowing)
- **roving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rousing-vs-roving)
- **routine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rousing-vs-routine)
- **rushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rousing-vs-rushing)
- **routing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rousing-vs-routing)
- **rowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rousing-vs-rowling)
- **rusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rousing-vs-rusting)
- **rising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rising-vs-rousing)
- **rolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-rousing)
- **raising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-rousing)
- **rocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-rousing)
- **rooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooting-vs-rousing)
- **roaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roaring-vs-rousing)
- **roaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roaming-vs-rousing)
- **robbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robbing-vs-rousing)
- **rotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rotting-vs-rousing)
- **roofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofing-vs-rousing)
- **rinsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rinsing-vs-rousing)
- **reusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reusing-vs-rousing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`orusing`, `rosuing`, `rouisng`, `rousign`, `rousingg`, `rousinng`, `rousnig`, `roussing`, `rrousing`, `ruosing`

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