# stung

> English word · Verb · IPA /stʌŋ/ · frequency rank #20,239

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of sting

## Easily confused with
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-sun)
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-sung)
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-sunk)
- **suns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-suns)
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-suny)
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-swing)
- **stunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-stunt)
- **suing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-suing)
- **swung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-swung)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-sturt)
- **Sturm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stung-vs-sturm)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stu-vs-stung)
- **song** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/song-vs-stung)
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sing-vs-stung)
- **sang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sang-vs-stung)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stan-vs-stung)
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-stung)
- **spun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spun-vs-stung)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stun-vs-stung)
- **slug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slug-vs-stung)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sstung`, `stnug`, `sttung`, `stugn`, `stungg`, `stunng`, `sutng`, `tsung`

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