# scathing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈskeɪðɪŋ/ · frequency rank #30,215

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of scathe

## Easily confused with
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scathing-vs-stating)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scathing-vs-skating)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scathing-vs-seating)
- **smashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scathing-vs-smashing)
- **soothing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scathing-vs-soothing)
- **slashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scathing-vs-slashing)
- **seething** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scathing-vs-seething)
- **snatching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scathing-vs-snatching)
- **scratching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scathing-vs-scratching)
- **scaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-scathing)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-scathing)
- **scanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scanning-vs-scathing)
- **scarring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scarring-vs-scathing)
- **scalding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalding-vs-scathing)
- **scalping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scathing)

## Common misspellings (13)
`csathing`, `sacthing`, `scahting`, `scathhing`, `scathign`, `scathingg`, `scathinng`, `scathnig`, `scatihng`, `scatthing`, `sccathing`, `sctahing`, `sscathing`

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