# stunning

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #4,556

## Definitions
1. Having an effect that stuns.
2. Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
3. Amazing; wonderfully good.

## Etymology
From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **stunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunning-vs-stunting)
- **stunningly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunning-vs-stunningly)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoning-vs-stunning)
- **sinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinning-vs-stunning)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-stunning)
- **studying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/studying-vs-stunning)
- **spinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinning-vs-stunning)
- **sounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sounding-vs-stunning)
- **scanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scanning-vs-stunning)
- **spanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanning-vs-stunning)
- **stuffing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuffing-vs-stunning)
- **stinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-stunning)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinking-vs-stunning)
- **shunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shunning-vs-stunning)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sstunning`, `stnuning`, `sttunning`, `stuning`, `stuninng`, `stunnign`, `stunningg`, `stunninng`, `stunnnig`, `sutnning`, `tsunning`

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