# forking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #49,339

## Definitions
1. division into forks

## Easily confused with
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forking-vs-frying)
- **fucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forking-vs-fucking)
- **forming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forking-vs-forming)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forking-vs-fouling)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-forking)
- **faking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-forking)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faring-vs-forking)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-forking)
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forcing-vs-forking)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-forking)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-forking)
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forging-vs-forking)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-forking)
- **farting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-forking)
- **foaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foaming-vs-forking)
- **foraging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foraging-vs-forking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`fforking`, `fokring`, `forikng`, `forkign`, `forkingg`, `forkinng`, `forkking`, `forknig`, `forrking`, `froking`, `ofrking`

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