# shifting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #7,396

## Definitions
1. A shift or change; a shifting movement.
2. The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.

## Easily confused with
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-siting)
- **sitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-sitting)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shining)
- **sifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-sifting)
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-suiting)
- **shooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shooting)
- **shipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shipping)
- **shouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shouting)
- **shutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shutting)
- **spitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-spitting)
- **shitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shitting)
- **shilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shilling)
- **stifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-stifling)
- **skirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-skirting)
- **shorting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shorting)
- **sheeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheeting-vs-shifting)

## Common misspellings (13)
`hsifting`, `shfiting`, `shhifting`, `shiffting`, `shifitng`, `shiftign`, `shiftingg`, `shiftinng`, `shiftnig`, `shiftting`, `shitfing`, `sihfting`, `sshifting`

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