# lurking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #14,357

## Definitions
1. The act of one who lurks.

## Easily confused with
- **liking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-lurking)
- **Larkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/larkin-vs-lurking)
- **luring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luring-vs-lurking)
- **loring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loring-vs-lurking)
- **looking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looking-vs-lurking)
- **lacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacking-vs-lurking)
- **linking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linking-vs-lurking)
- **locking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locking-vs-lurking)
- **leaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-lurking)
- **licking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/licking-vs-lurking)
- **lugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lugging-vs-lurking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`llurking`, `lruking`, `lukring`, `lurikng`, `lurkign`, `lurkingg`, `lurkinng`, `lurkking`, `lurknig`, `lurrking`, `ulrking`

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