# chafing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #46,371

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is chafed.

## Easily confused with
- **chain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chain)
- **chang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chang)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-ching)
- **chains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chains)
- **Chapin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chapin)
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chasing)
- **coating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-coating)
- **chewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chewing)
- **choking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-choking)
- **craving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-craving)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-charing)
- **chiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chiming)
- **clawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-clawing)
- **changing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-changing)
- **cheating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-cheating)
- **charging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-charging)
- **charming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-charming)
- **chatting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chatting)
- **chanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-chanting)
- **Channing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-channing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cahfing`, `cchafing`, `chaffing`, `chafign`, `chafingg`, `chafinng`, `chafnig`, `chaifng`, `chfaing`, `chhafing`, `hcafing`

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