# cladding

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈklædɪŋ/ · frequency rank #33,571

## Definitions
1. Clothing; clothes.
2. Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
3. A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.

## Etymology
From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.

## Easily confused with
- **clawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cladding-vs-clawing)
- **claiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cladding-vs-claiming)
- **clapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cladding-vs-clapping)
- **clamping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cladding-vs-clamping)
- **clashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cladding-vs-clashing)
- **clouding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cladding-vs-clouding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`caldding`, `ccladding`, `claddign`, `claddingg`, `claddinng`, `claddnig`, `cladidng`, `clading`, `cldading`, `clladding`, `lcadding`

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