# shoving

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈʃʌvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #21,935

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of shove

## Etymology
From Middle English schovynge; equivalent to shove + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-sowing)
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-showing)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-smoking)
- **slowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-slowing)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-storing)
- **snoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-snoring)
- **snowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-snowing)
- **sloping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-sloping)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-stoning)
- **saving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saving-vs-shoving)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-shoving)
- **serving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serving-vs-shoving)
- **scoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoring-vs-shoving)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-shoving)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shining-vs-shoving)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-shoving)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-shoving)
- **shaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-shoving)
- **shading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-shoving)
- **scoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-shoving)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsoving`, `shhoving`, `shoivng`, `shovign`, `shovingg`, `shovinng`, `shovnig`, `shovving`, `shvoing`, `sohving`, `sshoving`

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