# baking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/ · frequency rank #8,009

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bake.

## Etymology
From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **bang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bang)
- **bing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bing)
- **being** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-being)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bring)
- **basin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-basin)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bling)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-boing)
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-buying)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-boring)
- **boxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-boxing)
- **Boeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-boeing)
- **biting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-biting)
- **bikini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bikini)
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-biking)
- **basins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-basins)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-basing)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bowing)
- **booing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-booing)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-baring)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bering)

## Common misspellings (9)
`abking`, `baikng`, `bakign`, `bakingg`, `bakinng`, `bakking`, `baknig`, `bbaking`, `bkaing`

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