# shaping

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #10,933

## Definitions
1. The action of the verb to shape.
2. The action of the verb to shape.
3. The action of the verb to shape.

## Etymology
From Middle English schapynge, equivalent to shape + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-showing)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-sharing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-staring)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-shining)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-skating)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-staging)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-shaving)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-soaring)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-soaking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-spacing)
- **Shapiro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-shapiro)
- **sipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-sipping)
- **slaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-slaying)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-shoving)
- **sloping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-sloping)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-swaying)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-sparing)
- **sniping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-sniping)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsaping`, `sahping`, `shaipng`, `shapign`, `shapingg`, `shapinng`, `shapnig`, `shapping`, `shhaping`, `shpaing`, `sshaping`

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