# scarring

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,588

## Definitions
1. A scar; a mark.
2. The repair of an injury using scar tissue; the construction of scar tissue.

## Easily confused with
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-sharing)
- **scoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-scoring)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-staring)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-soaring)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-sparing)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-searing)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-starting)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-starring)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-starving)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-stirring)
- **sparring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-sparring)
- **sparking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-sparking)
- **starling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-starling)
- **scouring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-scouring)
- **scathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-scathing)
- **snarling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-snarling)
- **scurrying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-scurrying)
- **scaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-scarring)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-scarring)
- **scanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scanning-vs-scarring)

## Common misspellings (10)
`csarring`, `sacrring`, `scarirng`, `scarrign`, `scarringg`, `scarrinng`, `scarrnig`, `sccarring`, `scraring`, `sscarring`

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