# staging

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #12,146

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of stage

## Etymology
By surface analysis, stage + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-sting)
- **stain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stain)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-string)
- **Stalin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stalin)
- **Stains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stains)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-staring)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-storing)
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-styling)
- **stamina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stamina)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-swaying)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-staking)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stoning)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-starting)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-standing)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stealing)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-starring)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-starving)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stalking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`satging`, `sstaging`, `stagging`, `stagign`, `stagingg`, `staginng`, `stagnig`, `staigng`, `stgaing`, `sttaging`, `tsaging`

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