# cranking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #35,670

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is cranked.

## Easily confused with
- **craving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cranking-vs-craving)
- **crashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cranking-vs-crashing)
- **crawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cranking-vs-crawling)
- **creaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cranking-vs-creaking)
- **cringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cranking-vs-cringing)
- **canning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canning-vs-cranking)
- **changing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changing-vs-cranking)
- **cracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cracking-vs-cranking)
- **chanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-cranking)
- **Channing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/channing-vs-cranking)
- **cramping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cramping-vs-cranking)
- **cramming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cramming-vs-cranking)
- **crackling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crackling-vs-cranking)

## Common misspellings (13)
`carnking`, `ccranking`, `crakning`, `cranikng`, `crankign`, `crankingg`, `crankinng`, `crankking`, `cranknig`, `crannking`, `crnaking`, `crranking`, `rcanking`

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