# sparring

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈspɑːɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #25,215

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of spar

## Easily confused with
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparring-vs-spring)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparring-vs-staring)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparring-vs-starting)
- **sporting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparring-vs-sporting)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparring-vs-starring)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparring-vs-starving)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparring-vs-stirring)
- **starling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparring-vs-starling)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-sparring)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaring-vs-sparring)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-sparring)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-sparring)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-sparring)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-sparring)
- **spanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanning-vs-sparring)
- **spanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-sparring)
- **spamming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spamming-vs-sparring)
- **sparking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-sparring)
- **scarring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-sparring)
- **snarling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snarling-vs-sparring)

## Common misspellings (10)
`psarring`, `saprring`, `sparirng`, `sparrign`, `sparringg`, `sparrinng`, `sparrnig`, `spparring`, `spraring`, `ssparring`

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