# masking

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #24,506

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of mask

## Etymology
By surface analysis, mask + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **mating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masking-vs-mating)
- **musing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masking-vs-musing)
- **missing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masking-vs-missing)
- **Messing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masking-vs-messing)
- **mocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masking-vs-mocking)
- **milking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masking-vs-milking)
- **massing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masking-vs-massing)
- **making** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-masking)
- **malkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malkin-vs-masking)
- **marking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-masking)
- **mankind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mankind-vs-masking)
- **mapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mapping-vs-masking)
- **mailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mailing-vs-masking)
- **makings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/makings-vs-masking)
- **markings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/markings-vs-masking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`amsking`, `maksing`, `masikng`, `maskign`, `maskingg`, `maskinng`, `maskking`, `masknig`, `massking`, `mmasking`, `msaking`

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