# sprouting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #35,531

## Definitions
1. The act by which something sprouts.

## Easily confused with
- **sporting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporting-vs-sprouting)
- **shouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shouting-vs-sprouting)
- **scouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scouting-vs-sprouting)
- **spotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spotting-vs-sprouting)
- **spouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spouting-vs-sprouting)
- **sprinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprinting-vs-sprouting)

## Common misspellings (14)
`psrouting`, `sporuting`, `spprouting`, `sprotuing`, `sprouitng`, `sproutign`, `sproutingg`, `sproutinng`, `sproutnig`, `sproutting`, `sprrouting`, `spruoting`, `srpouting`, `ssprouting`

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