# shooting

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,737

## Definitions
1. Moving or growing quickly
2. Of a pain, sudden and darting

## Etymology
From Middle English shoting, schoting, from Old English scotung (“shooting”), from Proto-Germanic *skutungō, equivalent to shoot + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schieting, German Erschießung (“shooting”), Swedish skjutning (“shooting”).

## Easily confused with
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-showing)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-shoving)
- **shopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-shopping)
- **sporting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-sporting)
- **shouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-shouting)
- **shutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-shutting)
- **soothing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-soothing)
- **spotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-spotting)
- **snorting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-snorting)
- **spouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-spouting)
- **shorting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-shorting)
- **spoofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-spoofing)
- **swooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-swooping)
- **smoothing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-smoothing)
- **shocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocking-vs-shooting)
- **shifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shooting)
- **scouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scouting-vs-shooting)
- **shitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shitting-vs-shooting)
- **scooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scooping-vs-shooting)
- **sheeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheeting-vs-shooting)

## Common misspellings (12)
`hsooting`, `shhooting`, `shooitng`, `shootign`, `shootingg`, `shootinng`, `shootnig`, `shootting`, `shoting`, `shotoing`, `sohoting`, `sshooting`

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