# dredging

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,733

## Definitions
1. That which is dredged up.
2. The act of using a dredger or excavator to dredge a harbour, river, channel or watercourse.

## Easily confused with
- **dressing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dredging-vs-dressing)
- **drugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dredging-vs-drugging)
- **dodging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodging-vs-dredging)
- **dreaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreaming-vs-dredging)
- **dragging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dragging-vs-dredging)
- **dreading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreading-vs-dredging)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ddredging`, `derdging`, `drdeging`, `dreddging`, `dredgging`, `dredgign`, `dredgingg`, `dredginng`, `dredgnig`, `dredigng`, `dregding`, `drredging`, `rdedging`

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