# striding

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstɹaɪdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #46,200

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of stride

## Etymology
From Middle English strydyng, stridende, strydand, from Old English strīdende, from Proto-Germanic *strīdandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *strīdaną (“to endeavour; stand tall; withstand; take long steps”), equivalent to stride + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striding-vs-string)
- **striking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striding-vs-striking)
- **striving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striding-vs-striving)
- **stroking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striding-vs-stroking)
- **stripping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striding-vs-stripping)
- **stringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striding-vs-stringing)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siding-vs-striding)
- **sliding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sliding-vs-striding)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-striding)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straying-vs-striding)
- **strident** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strident-vs-striding)
- **straining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straining-vs-striding)
- **stranding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stranding-vs-striding)

## Common misspellings (13)
`srtiding`, `sstriding`, `stirding`, `strdiing`, `stridding`, `stridign`, `stridingg`, `stridinng`, `stridnig`, `striidng`, `strriding`, `sttriding`, `tsriding`

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