# sharing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃɛə.ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,230

## Definitions
1. Something shared; a point in common.
2. The act by which something is shared.

## Easily confused with
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-spring)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-string)
- **Sharon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-sharon)
- **shrine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-shrine)
- **shrink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-shrink)
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-showing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-staring)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-shining)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-skating)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-staging)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-shaving)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-storing)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-soaring)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-soaking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-spacing)
- **slaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-slaying)
- **snoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-snoring)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-shoving)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsaring`, `sahring`, `shairng`, `sharign`, `sharingg`, `sharinng`, `sharnig`, `sharring`, `shharing`, `shraing`, `ssharing`

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