# choking

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,299

## Definitions
1. The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
2. The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.
3. The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
4. The result of something being choked.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, choke + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **Chong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-chong)
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-coming)
- **coding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-coding)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-coping)
- **Chopin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-chopin)
- **coking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-coking)
- **closing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-closing)
- **cooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-cooking)
- **cooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-cooling)
- **cloning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-cloning)
- **choosing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-choosing)
- **chopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-chopping)
- **clocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-clocking)
- **chucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-chucking)
- **chomping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-chomping)
- **cloaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-cloaking)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ching-vs-choking)
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chasing-vs-choking)
- **chewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chewing-vs-choking)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charing-vs-choking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchoking`, `chhoking`, `chkoing`, `choikng`, `chokign`, `chokingg`, `chokinng`, `chokking`, `choknig`, `cohking`, `hcoking`

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