# sparing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈspɛəɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #28,735

## Definitions
1. Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.

## Easily confused with
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-spring)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-string)
- **sprint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-sprint)
- **spying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-spying)
- **sprung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-sprung)
- **sprang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-sprang)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-staying)
- **springs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-springs)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-staring)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-staging)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-storing)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-swaying)
- **spewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-spewing)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-staking)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-spiking)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-starting)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-speaking)
- **sporting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-sporting)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-starring)

## Common misspellings (10)
`psaring`, `sapring`, `spairng`, `sparign`, `sparingg`, `sparinng`, `sparnig`, `spparing`, `spraing`, `ssparing`

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