# steaming

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstiː.mɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,216

## Definitions
1. The action of steam on something.
2. The method of cooking by immersion in steam.
3. The act or process of seafaring under steam power.
4. The raising of steam by a steam locomotive etc; the maintenance of a head of steam during operation; (metonymic) operation under load.
5. A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus or train.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, steam + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-sterling)
- **stepping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-stepping)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-steering)
- **sweating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-sweating)
- **swearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-swearing)
- **storming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-storming)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-straying)
- **streaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-streaming)
- **streaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-streaking)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-steaming)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stating-vs-steaming)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-steaming)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-steaming)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-steaming)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sealing-vs-steaming)
- **seeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-steaming)
- **stamina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamina-vs-steaming)
- **shaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-steaming)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-steaming)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-steaming)

## Common misspellings (12)
`setaming`, `ssteaming`, `staeming`, `steaimng`, `steamign`, `steamingg`, `steaminng`, `steamming`, `steamnig`, `stemaing`, `stteaming`, `tseaming`

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