# shearing

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #34,281

## Definitions
1. Tending to cut or tear.

## Etymology
From Middle English scherynge; equivalent to shear + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-staring)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-soaring)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-sparing)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-speaking)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-stealing)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-steering)
- **sweating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-sweating)
- **swearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-swearing)
- **sneaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-sneaking)
- **shedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-shedding)
- **steaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-steaming)
- **shelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-shelling)
- **shelving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-shelving)
- **sheeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-sheeting)
- **squaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-squaring)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-shearing)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-shearing)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-shearing)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-shearing)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-shearing)

## Common misspellings (12)
`hsearing`, `seharing`, `shaering`, `sheairng`, `shearign`, `shearingg`, `shearinng`, `shearnig`, `shearring`, `sheraing`, `shhearing`, `sshearing`

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