# straining

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #21,950

## Definitions
1. The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)
2. filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.

## Easily confused with
- **striking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straining-vs-striking)
- **striving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straining-vs-striving)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straining-vs-straying)
- **striding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straining-vs-striding)
- **strapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straining-vs-strapping)
- **stringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straining-vs-stringing)
- **stranding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straining-vs-stranding)

## Common misspellings (14)
`srtaining`, `sstraining`, `starining`, `straiinng`, `strainign`, `strainingg`, `straininng`, `strainnig`, `strainning`, `straniing`, `strianing`, `strraining`, `sttraining`, `tsraining`

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