# skating

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈskeɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,097

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of skate

## Easily confused with
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-sting)
- **skiing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-skiing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-staring)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-staging)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-soaring)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-soaking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-spacing)
- **slaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-slaying)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-swaying)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-sparing)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-staking)
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-suiting)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-starting)
- **sweating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-sweating)
- **skirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-skirting)
- **satin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/satin-vs-skating)
- **saying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saying-vs-skating)
- **saving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saving-vs-skating)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ksating`, `sakting`, `skaitng`, `skatign`, `skatingg`, `skatinng`, `skatnig`, `skatting`, `skkating`, `sktaing`, `sskating`

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