# roofing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #21,641

## Definitions
1. Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
2. The process of constructing a roof or roofs.
3. A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.

## Etymology
From roof + -ing (“material, collection”).

## Easily confused with
- **rowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofing-vs-rowing)
- **roving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofing-vs-roving)
- **rooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofing-vs-rooting)
- **routing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofing-vs-routing)
- **rotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofing-vs-rotting)
- **rowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofing-vs-rowling)
- **rousing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofing-vs-rousing)
- **rolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolling-vs-roofing)
- **rocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-roofing)
- **roaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roaring-vs-roofing)
- **roaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roaming-vs-roofing)
- **robbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robbing-vs-roofing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`orofing`, `rofing`, `rofoing`, `rooffing`, `roofign`, `roofingg`, `roofinng`, `roofnig`, `rooifng`, `rroofing`

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