# scaring

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈskɛː.ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #21,055

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of scare

## Easily confused with
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-spring)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-string)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-sharing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-staying)
- **scoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-scoring)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-staring)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-shaking)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-skating)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-seating)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-shaping)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-staging)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-shaving)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-storing)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-sealing)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-soaring)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-soaking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-spacing)
- **shaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-shaming)
- **shading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-shading)

## Common misspellings (10)
`csaring`, `sacring`, `scairng`, `scarign`, `scaringg`, `scarinng`, `scarnig`, `sccaring`, `scraing`, `sscaring`

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