# stirring

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstɝɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,614

## Definitions
1. invigorating or inspiring

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

## Easily confused with
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirring-vs-string)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirring-vs-storing)
- **swirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirring-vs-swirling)
- **storming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirring-vs-storming)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-stirring)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-stirring)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sterling-vs-stirring)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starring-vs-stirring)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stirring)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steering-vs-stirring)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-stirring)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirling-vs-stirring)
- **sparring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparring-vs-stirring)
- **scarring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-stirring)
- **stinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-stirring)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinking-vs-stirring)
- **starling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starling-vs-stirring)
- **stifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifling-vs-stirring)
- **skirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-stirring)
- **smirking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smirking-vs-stirring)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sitrring`, `sstirring`, `stiring`, `stirirng`, `stirrign`, `stirringg`, `stirrinng`, `stirrnig`, `striring`, `sttirring`, `tsirring`

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