# suing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #15,069

## Definitions
1. The act of one who sues for something.
2. The process of soaking through anything.

## Etymology
Compare French suer (“to sweat”).

## Easily confused with
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-sun)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-suit)
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-sung)
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-sunk)
- **suns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-suns)
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-suny)
- **swig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-swig)
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-swing)
- **suits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-suits)
- **suite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-suite)
- **sunny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-sunny)
- **Sunni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-sunni)
- **swung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-swung)
- **swine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-swine)
- **swings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-swings)
- **surfing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-surfing)
- **summing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-summing)
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-suiting)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-sulking)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sin-vs-suing)

## Common misspellings (6)
`siung`, `ssuing`, `suign`, `suingg`, `suinng`, `sunig`

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