# spinning

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈspɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,399

## Definitions
1. The motion of something that spins.
2. The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
3. Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle.

## Easily confused with
- **stunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinning-vs-stunning)
- **swinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinning-vs-swinging)
- **spitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinning-vs-spitting)
- **stinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinning-vs-stinging)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinning-vs-stinking)
- **sprinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinning-vs-sprinting)
- **springing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinning-vs-springing)
- **singing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-spinning)
- **signing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-spinning)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shining-vs-spinning)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-spinning)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-spinning)
- **sinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinning-vs-spinning)
- **spending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spending-vs-spinning)
- **scanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scanning-vs-spinning)
- **spanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanning-vs-spinning)
- **spilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-spinning)
- **spanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-spinning)
- **shunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shunning-vs-spinning)

## Common misspellings (11)
`psinning`, `sipnning`, `spining`, `spininng`, `spinnign`, `spinningg`, `spinninng`, `spinnnig`, `spnining`, `sppinning`, `sspinning`

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