# basking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,532

## Definitions
1. The act of one who basks.

## Easily confused with
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-biking)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-booking)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-batting)
- **bathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-bathing)
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-busting)
- **braking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-braking)
- **bucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-bucking)
- **bawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-bawling)
- **bushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-bushing)
- **blasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-blasting)
- **boasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-boasting)
- **blacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-blacking)
- **basin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basin-vs-basking)
- **baking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-basking)
- **basins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basins-vs-basking)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-basking)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baring-vs-basking)
- **Baskin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baskin-vs-basking)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-basking)
- **backing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-basking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`absking`, `baksing`, `basikng`, `baskign`, `baskingg`, `baskinng`, `baskking`, `basknig`, `bassking`, `bbasking`, `bsaking`

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