# staring

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,734

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of stare

## Easily confused with
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-sting)
- **strong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-strong)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-string)
- **strung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-strung)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-stating)
- **strings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-strings)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-storing)
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-styling)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-swaying)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-stoning)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-starting)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-stealing)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-sterling)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-starring)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-steering)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-starving)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-stirring)
- **swearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-swearing)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-stirling)

## Common misspellings (10)
`satring`, `sstaring`, `stairng`, `starign`, `staringg`, `starinng`, `starnig`, `straing`, `sttaring`, `tsaring`

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