# staying

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,764

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of stay

## Easily confused with
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-sting)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-string)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-storing)
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-styling)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-swaying)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-stoning)
- **studying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-studying)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-stealing)
- **steaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-steaming)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-straying)
- **stain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stain-vs-staying)
- **saying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saying-vs-staying)
- **saving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saving-vs-staying)
- **Stalin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalin-vs-staying)
- **spying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spying-vs-staying)
- **Stains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-staying)
- **sawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-staying)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stating-vs-staying)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-staying)

## Common misspellings (11)
`satying`, `sstaying`, `staiyng`, `stayign`, `stayingg`, `stayinng`, `staynig`, `stayying`, `sttaying`, `styaing`, `tsaying`

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