# shading

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #19,695

## Definitions
1. The act or result of something being shaded.
2. Something providing shade.

## Easily confused with
- **Shang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-shang)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-siding)
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-showing)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-sharing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-staring)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-shaking)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-shining)
- **sliding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-sliding)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-skating)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-shaping)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-staging)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-shaving)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-soaring)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-soaking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-spacing)
- **shaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-shaming)
- **slaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-slaying)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shading-vs-shoving)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsading`, `sahding`, `shadding`, `shadign`, `shadingg`, `shadinng`, `shadnig`, `shaidng`, `shdaing`, `shhading`, `sshading`

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