# lacking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈlækɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,260

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of lack

## Easily confused with
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-laing)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-laying)
- **liking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-liking)
- **Larkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-larkin)
- **looking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-looking)
- **landing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-landing)
- **lasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-lasting)
- **linking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-linking)
- **locking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-locking)
- **leaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-leaking)
- **lurking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-lurking)
- **licking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-licking)
- **Lansing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-lansing)
- **lagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-lagging)
- **lashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-lashing)
- **lapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-lapping)
- **leaching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-leaching)
- **latching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-latching)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-lacking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`alcking`, `laccking`, `lacikng`, `lackign`, `lackingg`, `lackinng`, `lackking`, `lacknig`, `lakcing`, `lcaking`, `llacking`

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