# streaming

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstɹiːmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,984

## Definitions
1. Flowing or moving in continuous succession, like fluid in a stream.

## Etymology
From Middle English stremyng, stremynge, stremande, equivalent to stream + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **streamline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/streaming-vs-streamline)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-streaming)
- **steaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-streaming)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straying-vs-streaming)
- **screaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/screaming-vs-streaming)
- **spreading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spreading-vs-streaming)
- **streaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/streaking-vs-streaming)

## Common misspellings (14)
`srteaming`, `sstreaming`, `steraming`, `straeming`, `streaimng`, `streamign`, `streamingg`, `streaminng`, `streamming`, `streamnig`, `stremaing`, `strreaming`, `sttreaming`, `tsreaming`

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