# barking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,698

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of bark

## Etymology
From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-bring)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-boring)
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-biking)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-basing)
- **Bering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-bering)
- **Baskin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-baskin)
- **Birkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-birkin)
- **burning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-burning)
- **bearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-bearing)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-booking)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-batting)
- **bathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-bathing)
- **bashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-bashing)
- **barring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-barring)
- **braking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-braking)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-burying)
- **blaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-blaring)
- **basking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-basking)
- **bucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-bucking)
- **bawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-bawling)

## Common misspellings (10)
`abrking`, `bakring`, `barikng`, `barkign`, `barkingg`, `barkinng`, `barkking`, `barknig`, `barrking`, `bbarking`

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