# fracking

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɹækɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,341

## Definitions
1. Hydraulic fracturing.

## Etymology
From frack (“fracture”) + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **fucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fracking-vs-fucking)
- **framing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fracking-vs-framing)
- **freaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fracking-vs-freaking)
- **fricking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fracking-vs-fricking)
- **facing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fracking)
- **faking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fracking)
- **flicking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flicking-vs-fracking)

## Common misspellings (13)
`farcking`, `ffracking`, `fraccking`, `fracikng`, `frackign`, `frackingg`, `frackinng`, `frackking`, `fracknig`, `frakcing`, `frcaking`, `frracking`, `rfacking`

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