# checking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈt͡ʃɛkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,413

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of check

## Easily confused with
- **chewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-chewing)
- **choking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-choking)
- **cracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-cracking)
- **clicking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-clicking)
- **cheering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-cheering)
- **clocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-clocking)
- **creaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-creaking)
- **chucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-chucking)
- **chuckling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-chuckling)
- **cheating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheating-vs-checking)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cchecking`, `cehcking`, `chceking`, `checcking`, `checikng`, `checkign`, `checkingg`, `checkinng`, `checkking`, `checknig`, `chekcing`, `chhecking`, `hcecking`

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