Can you solve my riddle? There is a common English word that is nine letters long...?

[Serenity]

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

 

[WhyFeartheDarkm]

startling:
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I

 

[RickyD1]

It cannot be startling, because startling is not common

 

[England]

Startling
Starting
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I