# spanning

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #14,636

## Definitions
1. The process by which something is spanned.

## Easily confused with
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanning-vs-sparing)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanning-vs-standing)
- **spending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanning-vs-spending)
- **stunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanning-vs-stunning)
- **spinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanning-vs-spinning)
- **sparring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanning-vs-sparring)
- **sparking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanning-vs-sparking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spanning)
- **sanding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanding-vs-spanning)
- **sinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinning-vs-spanning)
- **scanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scanning-vs-spanning)
- **spanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-spanning)
- **spamming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spamming-vs-spanning)
- **shunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shunning-vs-spanning)

## Common misspellings (11)
`psanning`, `sapnning`, `spaning`, `spaninng`, `spannign`, `spanningg`, `spanninng`, `spannnig`, `spnaning`, `sppanning`, `sspanning`

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