# sifting

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #34,284

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of sift

## Etymology
From Middle English syftynge; equivalent to sift + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-sting)
- **sizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-sizing)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-siting)
- **sitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-sitting)
- **singing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-singing)
- **signing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-signing)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-stating)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-skating)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-sinking)
- **sipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-sipping)
- **sighing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-sighing)
- **sinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-sinning)
- **Sistine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-sistine)
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-suiting)
- **spitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-spitting)
- **sighting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-sighting)
- **stifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-stifling)
- **skirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-skirting)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siding-vs-sifting)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setting-vs-sifting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`isfting`, `sfiting`, `siffting`, `sifitng`, `siftign`, `siftingg`, `siftinng`, `siftnig`, `siftting`, `sitfing`, `ssifting`

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