# sitting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,469

## Definitions
1. A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
2. A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
3. A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
4. The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
5. A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period).
6. The incubation of eggs by a bird.
7. A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
8. An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.

## Etymology
From Middle English sittyng, sittynge, equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zitting (“a sitting, session”), German Sitzung (“a sitting, session”), Swedish sittning (“a sitting, session”).

## Easily confused with
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-sting)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-string)
- **sizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-sizing)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-stating)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-skating)
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-suiting)
- **spitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-spitting)
- **spotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-spotting)
- **skirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-skirting)
- **splitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-splitting)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siding-vs-sitting)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siting-vs-sitting)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setting-vs-sitting)
- **singing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-sitting)
- **signing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-sitting)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-sitting)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-sitting)
- **sibling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sibling-vs-sitting)
- **sipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sipping-vs-sitting)
- **sexting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-sitting)

## Common misspellings (8)
`istting`, `sititng`, `sittign`, `sittingg`, `sittinng`, `sittnig`, `ssitting`, `stiting`

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