# hooking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhʊkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,360

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of hook

## Easily confused with
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooking-vs-hoping)
- **housing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooking-vs-housing)
- **hosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooking-vs-hosting)
- **Hopkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooking-vs-hopkins)
- **hopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooking-vs-hopping)
- **howling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooking-vs-howling)
- **hiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiking-vs-hooking)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homing-vs-hooking)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honing-vs-hooking)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-hooking)
- **hacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacking-vs-hooking)
- **hawking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawking-vs-hooking)
- **honking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honking-vs-hooking)
- **hogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-hooking)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hhooking`, `hoking`, `hokoing`, `hooikng`, `hookign`, `hookingg`, `hookinng`, `hookking`, `hooknig`, `ohoking`

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