# scraping

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #18,949

## Definitions
1. The sound or action of something being scraped.
2. Something removed by being scraped.
3. Automated collection of data, data scraping.

## Etymology
From Middle English scrapinge, equivalent to scrape + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scraping-vs-shaping)
- **screwing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scraping-vs-screwing)
- **spraying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scraping-vs-spraying)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scraping-vs-straying)
- **screaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scraping-vs-screaming)
- **scripting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scraping-vs-scripting)
- **scrapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scraping-vs-scrapping)
- **strapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scraping-vs-strapping)
- **scaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-scraping)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-scraping)
- **scoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-scraping)
- **scooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scooping-vs-scraping)
- **scalping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalping-vs-scraping)

## Common misspellings (12)
`csraping`, `scarping`, `sccraping`, `scraipng`, `scrapign`, `scrapingg`, `scrapinng`, `scrapnig`, `scrpaing`, `scrraping`, `srcaping`, `sscraping`

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