# liking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈlaɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,245

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of like

## Etymology
From Middle English likinge, likinde, likende, likande, licande, from Old English līciende, līciġende, from Proto-Germanic *līkāndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *līkāną, equivalent to like + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **lying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-lying)
- **livin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-livin)
- **living** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-living)
- **losing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-losing)
- **loving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-loving)
- **lining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-lining)
- **luring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-luring)
- **loring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-loring)
- **looking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-looking)
- **listing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-listing)
- **linking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-linking)
- **locking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-locking)
- **lurking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-lurking)
- **limping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-limping)
- **liang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liang-vs-liking)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-liking)
- **liken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liken-vs-liking)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-liking)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-liking)
- **lacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-liking)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ilking`, `liikng`, `likign`, `likingg`, `likinng`, `likking`, `liknig`, `lkiing`, `lliking`

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