# scalding

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #46,758

## Definitions
1. Hot enough to burn.
2. Scorching; scathing.

## Etymology
From scald + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **scaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-scaling)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-sealing)
- **shading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-shading)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-scaring)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-standing)
- **scanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-scanning)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-stalking)
- **stalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-stalling)
- **scarring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-scarring)
- **scathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-scathing)
- **scolding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-scolding)
- **scalping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-scalping)
- **Spaulding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-spaulding)
- **sanding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanding-vs-scalding)

## Common misspellings (13)
`csalding`, `saclding`, `scadling`, `scaldding`, `scaldign`, `scaldingg`, `scaldinng`, `scaldnig`, `scalidng`, `scallding`, `sccalding`, `sclading`, `sscalding`

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