# stifling

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstaɪflɪŋ/ · frequency rank #30,244

## Definitions
1. That stifles.

## Easily confused with
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifling-vs-styling)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifling-vs-stirring)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifling-vs-stirling)
- **stuffing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifling-vs-stuffing)
- **swirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifling-vs-swirling)
- **stinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifling-vs-stinging)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifling-vs-stinking)
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smiling-vs-stifling)
- **sailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sailing-vs-stifling)
- **sibling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sibling-vs-stifling)
- **sifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-stifling)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-stifling)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sterling-vs-stifling)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stifling)
- **shifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shifting-vs-stifling)
- **staffing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staffing-vs-stifling)
- **spilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-stifling)
- **stalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalling-vs-stifling)
- **shilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shilling-vs-stifling)
- **starling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starling-vs-stifling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`sitfling`, `sstifling`, `stfiling`, `stiffling`, `stifilng`, `stiflign`, `stiflingg`, `stiflinng`, `stiflling`, `stiflnig`, `stilfing`, `sttifling`, `tsifling`

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