# sawing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #38,148

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is sawn.
2. A shaving or fragment of sawn material.

## Easily confused with
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-sing)
- **sawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-sawn)
- **swig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-swig)
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-swing)
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-sting)
- **suing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-suing)
- **swung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-swung)
- **swine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-swine)
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-sling)
- **saying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-saying)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-seeing)
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-spring)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-string)
- **skiing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-skiing)
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-sewing)
- **swings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-swings)
- **spying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-spying)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-siding)
- **sizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-sizing)
- **sowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-sowing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aswing`, `saiwng`, `sawign`, `sawingg`, `sawinng`, `sawnig`, `sawwing`, `ssawing`, `swaing`

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