# steering

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #7,984

## Definitions
1. Equipment used to control direction; something used to steer.

## Easily confused with
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steering-vs-string)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steering-vs-storing)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steering-vs-sterling)
- **stepping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steering-vs-stepping)
- **sweeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steering-vs-sweeping)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steering-vs-stirring)
- **swearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steering-vs-swearing)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeing-vs-steering)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-steering)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-steering)
- **seeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-steering)
- **seeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeding-vs-steering)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-steering)
- **seeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeping-vs-steering)
- **sleeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeping-vs-steering)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-steering)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-steering)
- **speeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speeding-vs-steering)
- **steaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-steering)
- **sneezing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sneezing-vs-steering)

## Common misspellings (12)
`setering`, `ssteering`, `steeirng`, `steerign`, `steeringg`, `steerinng`, `steernig`, `steerring`, `stereing`, `stering`, `stteering`, `tseering`

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