# gelding

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/ · frequency rank #40,258

## Definitions
1. A castrated male horse.
2. Any castrated male animal.

## Etymology
From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **getting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gelding-vs-getting)
- **guiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gelding-vs-guiding)
- **grading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gelding-vs-grading)
- **gliding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gelding-vs-gliding)
- **Golding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gelding-vs-golding)
- **gilding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gelding-vs-gilding)
- **Gooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gelding-vs-gooding)
- **gearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-gelding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`eglding`, `gedling`, `geldding`, `geldign`, `geldingg`, `geldinng`, `geldnig`, `gelidng`, `gellding`, `ggelding`, `gleding`

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