# stealing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstiːlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,897

## Definitions
1. The action of the verb to steal, theft.
2. That which is stolen; stolen property.

## Easily confused with
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-styling)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-sterling)
- **stepping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-stepping)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-steering)
- **swelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-swelling)
- **sweating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-sweating)
- **swearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-swearing)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-stirling)
- **steaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-steaming)
- **stifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-stifling)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-straying)
- **streaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-streaming)
- **streaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-streaking)
- **Stalin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalin-vs-stealing)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-stealing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-stealing)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stating-vs-stealing)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-stealing)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-stealing)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stealing)

## Common misspellings (12)
`setaling`, `sstealing`, `staeling`, `steailng`, `stealign`, `stealingg`, `stealinng`, `stealling`, `stealnig`, `stelaing`, `sttealing`, `tsealing`

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