# shaving

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #12,682

## Definitions
1. A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
2. The action of having a shave.
3. A stabbing.

## Easily confused with
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-showing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-staring)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-shining)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-skating)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-staging)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-soaring)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-soaking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-spacing)
- **slaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-slaying)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-shoving)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-swaying)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-sparing)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-staking)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-starving)
- **shearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-shearing)
- **shelving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-shelving)
- **shavings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-shavings)
- **Shang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shang-vs-shaving)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsaving`, `sahving`, `shaivng`, `shavign`, `shavingg`, `shavinng`, `shavnig`, `shavving`, `shhaving`, `shvaing`, `sshaving`

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