# spraying

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #17,035

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of spray

## Etymology
From spray + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spraying-vs-spring)
- **spying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spraying-vs-spying)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spraying-vs-staying)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spraying-vs-swaying)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spraying-vs-straying)
- **spreading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spraying-vs-spreading)
- **saying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saying-vs-spraying)
- **sprang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprang-vs-spraying)
- **sprain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprain-vs-spraying)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spraying)
- **slaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slaying-vs-spraying)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-spraying)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaking-vs-spraying)
- **scraping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scraping-vs-spraying)
- **sprawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprawling-vs-spraying)

## Common misspellings (13)
`psraying`, `sparying`, `sppraying`, `spraiyng`, `sprayign`, `sprayingg`, `sprayinng`, `spraynig`, `sprayying`, `sprraying`, `spryaing`, `srpaying`, `sspraying`

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