# docking

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #19,316

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of dock
2. Culinary term for pricking many small holes into doughs and pastry.

## Etymology
From dock + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docking-vs-doing)
- **doping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docking-vs-doping)
- **dozing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docking-vs-dozing)
- **downing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docking-vs-downing)
- **dodging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docking-vs-dodging)
- **ducking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docking-vs-ducking)
- **dogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docking-vs-dogging)
- **duckling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docking-vs-duckling)
- **decking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decking-vs-docking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`dcoking`, `ddocking`, `doccking`, `docikng`, `dockign`, `dockingg`, `dockinng`, `dockking`, `docknig`, `dokcing`, `odcking`

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