# hacking

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhækɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,430

## Definitions
1. Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

## Etymology
From Middle English *hackynge, hackande, hakand, equivalent to hack + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **having** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-having)
- **hiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hiking)
- **hating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hating)
- **hazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hazing)
- **hanging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hanging)
- **handing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-handing)
- **Hawkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hawkins)
- **Harding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-harding)
- **hauling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hauling)
- **hooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hooking)
- **hawking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hawking)
- **hailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hailing)
- **halting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-halting)
- **honking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-honking)
- **hatching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hatching)
- **hijacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hijacking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ahcking`, `haccking`, `hacikng`, `hackign`, `hackingg`, `hackinng`, `hackking`, `hacknig`, `hakcing`, `hcaking`, `hhacking`

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