# shaming

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #17,956

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of shame

## Easily confused with
- **Shang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-shang)
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-showing)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-sharing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-staring)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-shining)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-skating)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-shaping)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-staging)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-shaving)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-soaring)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-soaking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-spacing)
- **stamina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-stamina)
- **slaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-slaying)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-shoving)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-swaying)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-sparing)
- **summing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-summing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsaming`, `sahming`, `shaimng`, `shamign`, `shamingg`, `shaminng`, `shamming`, `shamnig`, `shhaming`, `shmaing`, `sshaming`

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