# skirting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #38,167

## Definitions
1. Skirting boards collectively.
2. skirts collectively; material for skirts
3. The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it.

## Easily confused with
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-suiting)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-starting)
- **sporting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-sporting)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-stirring)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-stirling)
- **spitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-spitting)
- **swirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-swirling)
- **snorting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-snorting)
- **smirking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-smirking)
- **squirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-squirting)
- **skiing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skiing-vs-skirting)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siting-vs-skirting)
- **sitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitting-vs-skirting)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-skirting)
- **sifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-skirting)
- **shifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-skirting)
- **skipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipping-vs-skirting)
- **shitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shitting-vs-skirting)
- **skimming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skimming-vs-skirting)
- **shorting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorting-vs-skirting)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ksirting`, `sikrting`, `skiritng`, `skirrting`, `skirtign`, `skirtingg`, `skirtinng`, `skirtnig`, `skirtting`, `skitring`, `skkirting`, `skriting`, `sskirting`

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