# stingy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/ · frequency rank #28,034

## Definitions
1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
2. Small, scant, meager, insufficient.

## Etymology
Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

## Easily confused with
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-swing)
- **stint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-stint)
- **suing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-suing)
- **stink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-stink)
- **stony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-stony)
- **stung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-stung)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-string)
- **swings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-swings)
- **stinks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-stinks)
- **stinky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-stinky)
- **stoney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-stoney)
- **strings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stingy-vs-strings)
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sing-vs-stingy)
- **stig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stig-vs-stingy)
- **Singh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singh-vs-stingy)
- **sings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sings-vs-stingy)
- **shiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiny-vs-stingy)
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sting-vs-stingy)
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sling-vs-stingy)
- **spiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiny-vs-stingy)

## Common misspellings (10)
`sitngy`, `sstingy`, `stigny`, `stinggy`, `stingyy`, `stinngy`, `stinyg`, `stnigy`, `sttingy`, `tsingy`

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