# sharpening

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,716

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is sharpened.
2. The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.

## Common misspellings (16)
`hsarpening`, `sahrpening`, `shaprening`, `sharepning`, `sharpeinng`, `sharpenign`, `sharpeningg`, `sharpeninng`, `sharpennig`, `sharpenning`, `sharpneing`, `sharppening`, `sharrpening`, `shharpening`, `shrapening`, `ssharpening`

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