# caving

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkeɪvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #36,067

## Definitions
1. The recreational sport of exploring caves.
2. An act of collapsing or caving in.

## Easily confused with
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-cling)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-ching)
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-coming)
- **crying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-crying)
- **citing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-citing)
- **coding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-coding)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-coping)
- **cavity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-cavity)
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-curing)
- **coking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-coking)
- **ceding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-ceding)
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-chasing)
- **coating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-coating)
- **craving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-craving)
- **curving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-curving)
- **ceasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-ceasing)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-charing)
- **clawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-clawing)
- **chafing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-chafing)
- **Cain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cain-vs-caving)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acving`, `caivng`, `cavign`, `cavingg`, `cavinng`, `cavnig`, `cavving`, `ccaving`, `cvaing`

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