# standing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstændɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,470

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of stand

## Etymology
From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), equivalent to stand + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-staring)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-stoning)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-starting)
- **stunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-stunning)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-starring)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-starving)
- **stinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-stinging)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-stinking)
- **starling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-starling)
- **striding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-striding)
- **stunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-stunting)
- **standish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-standish)
- **standings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-standings)
- **stranding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-stranding)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-standing)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-standing)
- **shading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-standing)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-standing)

## Common misspellings (13)
`satnding`, `sstanding`, `stadning`, `standding`, `standign`, `standingg`, `standinng`, `standnig`, `stanidng`, `stannding`, `stnading`, `sttanding`, `tsanding`

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