# milking

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #22,739

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of milk

## Etymology
From Middle English mylkand, from Old English meolcġende, present participle of Old English meolcian, milcian (“to milk”), equivalent to milk + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **mining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-mining)
- **mixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-mixing)
- **missing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-missing)
- **mocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-mocking)
- **milling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-milling)
- **molding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-molding)
- **minding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-minding)
- **mulling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-mulling)
- **making** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-milking)
- **malkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malkin-vs-milking)
- **marking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-milking)
- **melting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melting-vs-milking)
- **mailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mailing-vs-milking)
- **masking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masking-vs-milking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`imlking`, `mikling`, `milikng`, `milkign`, `milkingg`, `milkinng`, `milkking`, `milknig`, `millking`, `mliking`, `mmilking`

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