# stabbing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstæb.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,428

## Definitions
1. Sharp, intense.

## Easily confused with
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-staring)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-staging)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-staking)
- **subbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-subbing)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-starting)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-standing)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-starring)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-starving)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-stalking)
- **staffing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-staffing)
- **stacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-stacking)
- **stalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-stalling)
- **stamping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-stamping)
- **starling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stabbing-vs-starling)
- **sobbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sobbing-vs-stabbing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`satbbing`, `sstabbing`, `stabbign`, `stabbingg`, `stabbinng`, `stabbnig`, `stabibng`, `stabing`, `stbabing`, `sttabbing`, `tsabbing`

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