# scalping

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,888

## Definitions
1. The action by which someone is scalped.
2. A fraudulent form of market manipulation in which a person buys shares immediately before recommending the shares to others, thus driving the price up.
3. A legitimate method of arbitrage of small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread.

## Etymology
From scalp (noun) + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-shaping)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-sealing)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scaring)
- **scoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scoping)
- **scanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scanning)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-stalking)
- **snapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-snapping)
- **slapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-slapping)
- **scraping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scraping)
- **stalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-stalling)
- **stamping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-stamping)
- **scarring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scarring)
- **scathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scathing)
- **scolding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scolding)
- **scooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scooping)
- **scrapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scrapping)
- **sculpting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-sculpting)
- **scaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-scalping)
- **scalding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-scalping)

## Common misspellings (13)
`csalping`, `saclping`, `scalipng`, `scallping`, `scalpign`, `scalpingg`, `scalpinng`, `scalpnig`, `scalpping`, `scapling`, `sccalping`, `sclaping`, `sscalping`

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