# singing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,559

## Definitions
1. The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
2. Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
3. A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
4. A ringing sound in the ears.

## Etymology
From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-sizing)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-siting)
- **sitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-sitting)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-sinking)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-staging)
- **sipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-sipping)
- **syncing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-syncing)
- **sinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-sinning)
- **spinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-spinning)
- **swinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-swinging)
- **stinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-stinging)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-stinking)
- **singling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-singling)
- **springing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-springing)
- **stringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-stringing)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siding-vs-singing)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-singing)
- **signing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-singing)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shining-vs-singing)
- **sensing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-singing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`isnging`, `singging`, `singign`, `singingg`, `singinng`, `singnig`, `sinigng`, `sinnging`, `sniging`, `ssinging`

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