descaling
noun, verb
descaling is spelled D-E-S-C-A-L-I-N-G: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, descaling means “The removal of scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of descaling is descalings.
How many letters and syllables are in descaling?
| Letters | 9: D-E-S-C-A-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is descaling?
Descaling appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of descaling
- descalings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does descaling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The removal of scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of descale
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Descaling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense removal scale from a boiler:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Entkalkung |
| Spanish | desincrustación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.