# Redding

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,988

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9278).
9. Misspelling of Reading.

## Etymology
Heterographic variant of Reading.

## Easily confused with
- **riding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-riding)
- **Reddit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-reddit)
- **resting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-resting)
- **renting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-renting)
- **reddish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-reddish)
- **reeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-reeling)
- **reusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-reusing)
- **redline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-redline)
- **revving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-revving)
- **reducing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-reducing)
- **reading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-redding)
- **raiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raiding-vs-redding)
- **rearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rearing-vs-redding)
- **reaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reaping-vs-redding)
- **receding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receding-vs-redding)

## Common misspellings (9)
`erdding`, `rdeding`, `reddign`, `reddingg`, `reddinng`, `reddnig`, `redidng`, `reding`, `rredding`

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