# scaling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈskeɪlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #12,496

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of scale

## Easily confused with
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-sling)
- **Stalin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-stalin)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-selling)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-sharing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-staying)
- **scoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-scoring)
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-smiling)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-staring)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-shaking)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-skating)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-seating)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-shaping)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-staging)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-shaving)
- **sibling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-sibling)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-sealing)
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-styling)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-soaring)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-soaking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`csaling`, `sacling`, `scailng`, `scalign`, `scalingg`, `scalinng`, `scalling`, `scalnig`, `sccaling`, `sclaing`, `sscaling`

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