# walking vs Woking

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### walking
*verb · IPA /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,472*
present participle and gerund of walk

### Woking
*name · frequency rank #43,474*
A town in the borough of Woking, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0058).

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