# shorting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #46,774

## Definitions
1. short selling
2. short circuit; outage

## Easily confused with
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-showing)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-storing)
- **snoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-snoring)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-shoving)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-starting)
- **sporting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-sporting)
- **shouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-shouting)
- **shutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-shutting)
- **spotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-spotting)
- **storming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-storming)
- **snorting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-snorting)
- **spouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-spouting)
- **skirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-skirting)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-shorting)
- **scoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoring-vs-shorting)
- **shorten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorten-vs-shorting)
- **shooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-shorting)
- **shopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shopping-vs-shorting)
- **shocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocking-vs-shorting)
- **shifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-shorting)

## Common misspellings (13)
`hsorting`, `shhorting`, `shoritng`, `shorrting`, `shortign`, `shortingg`, `shortinng`, `shortnig`, `shortting`, `shotring`, `shroting`, `sohrting`, `sshorting`

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