# fisk

> English word · Verb · IPA /fɪsk/ · frequency rank #27,461

## Definitions
1. To run about; to fist; to whisk.

## Etymology
From Middle English fisken, fisshen. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *fȳscian, an iterative form of fȳsan (“to hasten”), thus equivalent to feeze + -k, and faze + -k. Compare also Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).

## Easily confused with
- **FS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fs)
- **fit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fit)
- **fix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fix)
- **FSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fsa)
- **FSB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fsb)
- **five** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-five)
- **fuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fuck)
- **fits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fits)
- **folk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-folk)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fork)
- **fist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fist)
- **funk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-funk)
- **fuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fuse)
- **fuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fuss)
- **flak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-flak)
- **fizz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fizz)
- **FOSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-foss)
- **FTSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-ftse)
- **flick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-flick)
- **fists** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisk-vs-fists)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ffisk`, `fiks`, `fiskk`, `fissk`, `fsik`, `ifsk`

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