# stoning

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #39,585

## Definitions
1. lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death

## Easily confused with
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoning-vs-string)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoning-vs-storing)
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoning-vs-styling)
- **stopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoning-vs-stopping)
- **stunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoning-vs-stunning)
- **storming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoning-vs-storming)
- **stroking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoning-vs-stroking)
- **stunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoning-vs-stunting)
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sting-vs-stoning)
- **sowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sowing-vs-stoning)
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-stoning)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-stoning)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-stoning)
- **signing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-stoning)
- **scoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoring-vs-stoning)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stating-vs-stoning)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-stoning)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shining-vs-stoning)
- **slowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowing-vs-stoning)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stoning)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sotning`, `sstoning`, `stnoing`, `stoinng`, `stonign`, `stoningg`, `stoninng`, `stonnig`, `stonning`, `sttoning`, `tsoning`

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