# welding

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɛldɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,252

## Definitions
1. The action or process of welding:
2. The action or process of welding:

## Etymology
By surface analysis, weld + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **Weldon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welding-vs-weldon)
- **willing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welding-vs-willing)
- **winding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welding-vs-winding)
- **wording** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welding-vs-wording)
- **wetting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welding-vs-wetting)
- **welling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welding-vs-welling)
- **wading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-welding)
- **walking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-welding)
- **wearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wearing-vs-welding)
- **wedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wedding-vs-welding)
- **weaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaving-vs-welding)
- **weeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weeping-vs-welding)
- **weeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weeding-vs-welding)
- **webbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/webbing-vs-welding)
- **walling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walling-vs-welding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ewlding`, `wedling`, `weldding`, `weldign`, `weldingg`, `weldinng`, `weldnig`, `welidng`, `wellding`, `wleding`, `wwelding`

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