# smelting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,423

## Definitions
1. The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.

## Easily confused with
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelting-vs-smiling)
- **spelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelting-vs-spelling)
- **swelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelting-vs-swelling)
- **sweating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelting-vs-sweating)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-smelting)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setting-vs-smelting)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-smelting)
- **sexting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-smelting)
- **smelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelling-vs-smelting)
- **shelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-smelting)
- **shelving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelving-vs-smelting)
- **sheeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheeting-vs-smelting)

## Common misspellings (13)
`mselting`, `semlting`, `smelitng`, `smellting`, `smeltign`, `smeltingg`, `smeltinng`, `smeltnig`, `smeltting`, `smetling`, `smleting`, `smmelting`, `ssmelting`

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