# scoping

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskəʊpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #39,548

## Definitions
1. the act of adding a scope

## Etymology
From scope + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-sowing)
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-showing)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-smoking)
- **scoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-scoring)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-shaping)
- **slowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-slowing)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-storing)
- **sipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-sipping)
- **snoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-snoring)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-shoving)
- **snowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-snowing)
- **sloping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-sloping)
- **sniping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-sniping)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-stoning)
- **seeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-seeping)
- **shopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-shopping)
- **stopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-stopping)
- **scouting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-scouting)
- **scraping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-scraping)
- **stomping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-stomping)

## Common misspellings (11)
`csoping`, `sccoping`, `scoipng`, `scopign`, `scopingg`, `scopinng`, `scopnig`, `scopping`, `scpoing`, `socping`, `sscoping`

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