# bucking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbʌkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #36,904

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of buck

## Easily confused with
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-buying)
- **burning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-burning)
- **buzzing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-buzzing)
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-busting)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-burying)
- **bumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-bumping)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-budding)
- **bugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-bugging)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-bunting)
- **bulging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-bulging)
- **butting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-butting)
- **bushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-bushing)
- **buckling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-buckling)
- **baking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bucking)
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biking-vs-bucking)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bucking)
- **backing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-bucking)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booking-vs-bucking)
- **barking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-bucking)
- **braking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braking-vs-bucking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbucking`, `bcuking`, `buccking`, `bucikng`, `buckign`, `buckingg`, `buckinng`, `buckking`, `bucknig`, `bukcing`, `ubcking`

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