SCARING / SCARRING

Often times the spelling of these two are confusing and would result in a gross medical error.  I will try to help this out to the best of my ability.

SCARING:  To cause fear, to frighten, to scare.  This is rarely used term in medical transcription, common in psychology files.

SCARRING:  Mark with a scar.  This is the word that is commonly used in medical transcription.

To remember this spelling, what I do is that as if the R is marking its importance by repeating itself as RR.  As if R is leaving its scar behind like a shadow of it as RR.

BOTTOM LINE

SCARRING.  Double R to mark a scar/importance of R in the spelling.

SCARING:  To scare.  Not used in medical transcription.