# linking

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,578

## Definitions
1. Serving to connect other things together.

## Easily confused with
- **living** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linking-vs-living)
- **looking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linking-vs-looking)
- **listing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linking-vs-listing)
- **locking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linking-vs-locking)
- **lurking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linking-vs-lurking)
- **longing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linking-vs-longing)
- **liking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-linking)
- **lining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-linking)
- **landing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-linking)
- **lacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-linking)
- **lifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lifting-vs-linking)
- **lending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lending-vs-linking)
- **leaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-linking)
- **licking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/licking-vs-linking)
- **Lansing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lansing-vs-linking)
- **limping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/limping-vs-linking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ilnking`, `likning`, `linikng`, `linkign`, `linkingg`, `linkinng`, `linkking`, `linknig`, `linnking`, `llinking`, `lniking`

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