marking
/ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/
"marking" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marking” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,713 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,713
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The action of marking.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marking” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for marking is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,713 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for marking, with forms such as "amrking", "makring", and "marikng". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "martin", "Marvin", "mating", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing. The correct English form is marking, spelled M-A-R-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The action of marking.
- 2A mark.
- 3The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
- 4A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.
- 5Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
Etymology
From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrking,makring,marikng,markign,markingg,markinng,markking,marknig,marrking,mmarking,mraking
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marking - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “marking”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-R-K-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “martin” - see the side-by-side comparison. marking vs martin
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.