# coating

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,001

## Definitions
1. A thin outer layer.
2. Cloth for making coats.
3. A telling-off; a reprimand.

## Easily confused with
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-coming)
- **coding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-coding)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-coping)
- **coking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-coking)
- **cutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-cutting)
- **cooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-cooking)
- **cooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-cooling)
- **copying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-copying)
- **craving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-craving)
- **combing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-combing)
- **comming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-comming)
- **coining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-coining)
- **creating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-creating)
- **counting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-counting)
- **coatings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-coatings)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-coating)
- **citing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-coating)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casing-vs-coating)
- **caving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-coating)
- **casting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casting-vs-coating)

## Common misspellings (10)
`caoting`, `ccoating`, `coaitng`, `coatign`, `coatingg`, `coatinng`, `coatnig`, `coatting`, `cotaing`, `ocating`

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