# shipping

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,915

## Definitions
1. The transportation of goods.
2. The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
3. Passage or transport on a ship.
4. The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.
5. Navigation.

## Etymology
From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-sipping)
- **sniping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-sniping)
- **shopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-shopping)
- **stopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-stopping)
- **stepping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-stepping)
- **slipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-slipping)
- **skipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-skipping)
- **snapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-snapping)
- **shitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-shitting)
- **slapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-slapping)
- **stripping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipping-vs-stripping)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shining-vs-shipping)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-shipping)
- **shifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shipping)
- **shilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shilling-vs-shipping)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsipping`, `shhipping`, `shiping`, `shipipng`, `shippign`, `shippingg`, `shippinng`, `shippnig`, `shpiping`, `sihpping`, `sshipping`

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