# Stirling

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈstɪɹ.lɪŋ/ · frequency rank #15,517

## Definitions
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13. A Scottish habitational surname derived from the town.
14. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Scots Stirveling, from Early Scots Strivelin, Strivelyn, likely from Old Irish sreb, srib (“stream”) + linn (“pool, lake”). Cognate with Old French Estrivelin, Middle Welsh Ystriflin.

## Easily confused with
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirling-vs-string)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirling-vs-storing)
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirling-vs-styling)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirling-vs-stirring)
- **swirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirling-vs-swirling)
- **storming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirling-vs-storming)
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smiling-vs-stirling)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-stirling)
- **sailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sailing-vs-stirling)
- **sibling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sibling-vs-stirling)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-stirling)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-stirling)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sterling-vs-stirling)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-stirling)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stirling)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-stirling)
- **spilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-stirling)
- **stalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalling-vs-stirling)
- **shilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shilling-vs-stirling)
- **stinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-stirling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`sitrling`, `sstirling`, `stilring`, `stirilng`, `stirlign`, `stirlingg`, `stirlinng`, `stirlling`, `stirlnig`, `stirrling`, `striling`, `sttirling`, `tsirling`

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