# clawing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #41,560

## Definitions
1. A scratch with the claws.

## Easily confused with
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-cling)
- **closing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-closing)
- **coating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-coating)
- **craving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-craving)
- **cloning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-cloning)
- **cleaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-cleaning)
- **clearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-clearing)
- **crawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-crawling)
- **clowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-clowning)
- **cloaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-cloaking)
- **clang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clang-vs-clawing)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-clawing)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casing-vs-clawing)
- **caving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-clawing)
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chasing-vs-clawing)
- **chewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chewing-vs-clawing)
- **ceasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-clawing)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charing-vs-clawing)
- **chafing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-clawing)
- **claiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claiming-vs-clawing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`calwing`, `cclawing`, `claiwng`, `clawign`, `clawingg`, `clawinng`, `clawnig`, `clawwing`, `cllawing`, `clwaing`, `lcawing`

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