# slaying

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #20,775

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of slay

## Easily confused with
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-sling)
- **spying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-spying)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-staring)
- **sliding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-sliding)
- **slowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-slowing)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-staging)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-soaring)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-soaking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-spacing)
- **slicing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-slicing)
- **sloping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-sloping)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-swaying)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-sparing)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-staking)
- **spraying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-spraying)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-straying)
- **slang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slang-vs-slaying)
- **slain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slain-vs-slaying)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lsaying`, `salying`, `slaiyng`, `slayign`, `slayingg`, `slayinng`, `slaynig`, `slayying`, `sllaying`, `slyaing`, `sslaying`

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