# starring

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #6,299

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of star
2. That which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles, in its cast.

## Easily confused with
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-string)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-stating)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-storing)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-starting)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-sterling)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-steering)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-starving)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-stirring)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-stirling)
- **storming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-storming)
- **startling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-startling)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-starring)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-starring)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-starring)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaring-vs-starring)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-starring)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-starring)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-starring)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-starring)

## Common misspellings (10)
`satrring`, `sstarring`, `starirng`, `starrign`, `starringg`, `starrinng`, `starrnig`, `straring`, `sttarring`, `tsarring`

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