# packing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpakɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,496

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pack

## Etymology
From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-paying)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-paving)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-poking)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-peking)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-paging)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-puking)
- **parkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-parkin)
- **passing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-passing)
- **parking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-parking)
- **picking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-picking)
- **placing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-placing)
- **pairing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-pairing)
- **parting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-parting)
- **padding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-padding)
- **peaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-peaking)
- **pausing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-pausing)
- **panting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-panting)
- **peeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-peeking)
- **patting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-patting)
- **pecking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-pecking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`apcking`, `paccking`, `pacikng`, `packign`, `packingg`, `packinng`, `packking`, `packnig`, `pakcing`, `pcaking`, `ppacking`

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