# startling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstɑɹ.tl̩.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #17,252

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of startle

## Easily confused with
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/startling-vs-stating)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/startling-vs-sterling)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/startling-vs-starving)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/startling-vs-stirling)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-startling)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-startling)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-startling)
- **stalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalling-vs-startling)
- **starling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starling-vs-startling)
- **snarling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snarling-vs-startling)
- **sparkling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparkling-vs-startling)

## Common misspellings (15)
`satrtling`, `sstartling`, `starlting`, `starrtling`, `startilng`, `startlign`, `startlingg`, `startlinng`, `startlling`, `startlnig`, `starttling`, `statrling`, `stratling`, `sttartling`, `tsartling`

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