# sweating

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈswɛtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,982

## Definitions
1. The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
2. Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
3. The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.

## Etymology
From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending).

## Easily confused with
- **sweeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweating-vs-sweeping)
- **swelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweating-vs-swelling)
- **swerving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweating-vs-swerving)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setting-vs-sweating)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stating-vs-sweating)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-sweating)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-sweating)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sealing-vs-sweating)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swaying-vs-sweating)
- **sexting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-sweating)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-sweating)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaking-vs-sweating)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stealing-vs-sweating)
- **swearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swearing-vs-sweating)
- **sneaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sneaking-vs-sweating)
- **steaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steaming-vs-sweating)
- **smelting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelting-vs-sweating)
- **shearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-sweating)
- **sheeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheeting-vs-sweating)

## Common misspellings (12)
`sewating`, `ssweating`, `swaeting`, `sweaitng`, `sweatign`, `sweatingg`, `sweatinng`, `sweatnig`, `sweatting`, `swetaing`, `swweating`, `wseating`

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