# clicking

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈklɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,129

## Definitions
1. The sound or action of a click.

## Easily confused with
- **climbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicking-vs-climbing)
- **cracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicking-vs-cracking)
- **clinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicking-vs-clinging)
- **clipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicking-vs-clipping)
- **clocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicking-vs-clocking)
- **cloaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicking-vs-cloaking)
- **clinching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicking-vs-clinching)
- **checking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checking-vs-clicking)
- **chucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chucking-vs-clicking)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cclicking`, `cilcking`, `clciking`, `cliccking`, `clicikng`, `clickign`, `clickingg`, `clickinng`, `clickking`, `clicknig`, `clikcing`, `cllicking`, `lcicking`

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