# leaking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈliːkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,243

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of leak

## Easily confused with
- **liking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-liking)
- **looking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-looking)
- **leaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-leaving)
- **letting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-letting)
- **loading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-loading)
- **linking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-linking)
- **leaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-leaning)
- **lending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-lending)
- **locking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-locking)
- **leasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-leasing)
- **lurking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-lurking)
- **licking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-licking)
- **leaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-leaping)
- **Lessing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-lessing)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-loaning)
- **learning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-learning)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-leaking)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-leaking)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-leaking)
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leading-vs-leaking)

## Common misspellings (10)
`elaking`, `laeking`, `leaikng`, `leakign`, `leakingg`, `leakinng`, `leakking`, `leaknig`, `lekaing`, `lleaking`

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