# searing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsɪəɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #30,962

## Definitions
1. very hot; blistering or boiling
2. having a sensation of intense sudden heat
3. unbearably intense or emotionally powerful
4. damning; critical; scathing

## Easily confused with
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-seeing)
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-spring)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-string)
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-sewing)
- **serine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-serine)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-selling)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-setting)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-sharing)
- **serving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-serving)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-sending)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-seeking)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-staring)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-shaking)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-skating)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-seating)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-shaping)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-staging)
- **sensing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-sensing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`esaring`, `saering`, `seairng`, `searign`, `searingg`, `searinng`, `searnig`, `searring`, `seraing`, `ssearing`

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