# asking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈæskɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,158

## Definitions
1. present participle of ask

## Etymology
From Middle English askinge, askande, from Old English āsciende, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōndī, present participle of Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask”), equivalent to ask + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **Atkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asking-vs-atkins)
- **awning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asking-vs-awning)
- **akin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-asking)
- **aging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aging-vs-asking)
- **Askin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/askin-vs-asking)
- **acting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acting-vs-asking)
- **adding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adding-vs-asking)
- **aiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-asking)
- **airing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/airing-vs-asking)
- **ageing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-asking)
- **aiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-asking)
- **aching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aching-vs-asking)
- **arming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arming-vs-asking)
- **ailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-asking)
- **Adkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adkins-vs-asking)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aksing`, `asikng`, `askign`, `askingg`, `askinng`, `askking`, `asknig`, `assking`, `saking`

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