# gouging

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,172

## Definitions
1. The act of one who gouges.
2. A mark produced by gouging.

## Easily confused with
- **grouping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gouging-vs-grouping)
- **going** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/going-vs-gouging)
- **gosling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosling-vs-gouging)
- **gagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gagging-vs-gouging)
- **Golding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golding-vs-gouging)
- **gauging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauging-vs-gouging)
- **goofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goofing-vs-gouging)
- **Gooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooding-vs-gouging)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ggouging`, `goguing`, `gougging`, `gougign`, `gougingg`, `gouginng`, `gougnig`, `gouigng`, `guoging`, `oguging`

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