# faking

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfeɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,231

## Definitions
1. The act of something being faked.

## Easily confused with
- **fang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fang)
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fling)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-flying)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-firing)
- **fixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fixing)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-filing)
- **famine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-famine)
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-frying)
- **fuming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fuming)
- **fusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fusing)
- **farina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-farina)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-faring)
- **fucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fucking)
- **falling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-falling)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-farming)
- **framing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-framing)
- **fasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fasting)
- **flaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-flaming)
- **fanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fanning)
- **farting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-farting)

## Common misspellings (9)
`afking`, `faikng`, `fakign`, `fakingg`, `fakinng`, `fakking`, `faknig`, `ffaking`, `fkaing`

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