# braking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #17,090

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of brake

## Easily confused with
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braking-vs-bring)
- **brewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braking-vs-brewing)
- **bribing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braking-vs-bribing)
- **bucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braking-vs-bucking)
- **breaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braking-vs-breaking)
- **branding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braking-vs-branding)
- **brawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braking-vs-brawling)
- **brain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brain-vs-braking)
- **brains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brains-vs-braking)
- **baking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-braking)
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biking-vs-braking)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-braking)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baring-vs-braking)
- **brainy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brainy-vs-braking)
- **beating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beating-vs-braking)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-braking)
- **backing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-braking)
- **bearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearing-vs-braking)
- **blaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaming-vs-braking)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booking-vs-braking)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbraking`, `braikng`, `brakign`, `brakingg`, `brakinng`, `brakking`, `braknig`, `brkaing`, `brraking`, `rbaking`

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