# shitting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #17,242

## Definitions
1. The act of defecating.

## Etymology
From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English schitinge, schytynge (“defecation”), whence modern English shiting.

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

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsitting`, `shhitting`, `shiting`, `shititng`, `shittign`, `shittingg`, `shittinng`, `shittnig`, `shtiting`, `sihtting`, `sshitting`

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