# cleaning

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkliːnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,677

## Definitions
1. The process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt.
2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

## Easily confused with
- **cloning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaning-vs-cloning)
- **creating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaning-vs-creating)
- **clearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaning-vs-clearing)
- **creaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaning-vs-creaking)
- **clowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaning-vs-clowning)
- **cloaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaning-vs-cloaking)
- **cleansing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaning-vs-cleansing)
- **ceasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-cleaning)
- **clawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-cleaning)
- **cheating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheating-vs-cleaning)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccleaning`, `celaning`, `claening`, `cleainng`, `cleanign`, `cleaningg`, `cleaninng`, `cleannig`, `cleanning`, `clenaing`, `clleaning`, `lceaning`

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