# parking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,188

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of park

## Etymology
From park + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-paying)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-paving)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-poking)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-peking)
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-prying)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-puking)
- **passing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-passing)
- **picking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-picking)
- **Perkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-perkins)
- **parting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-parting)
- **peaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-peaking)
- **pausing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-pausing)
- **peeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-peeking)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-purging)
- **patting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-patting)
- **pecking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-pecking)
- **parsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-parsing)
- **pasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-pasting)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-purring)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-porting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`aprking`, `pakring`, `parikng`, `parkign`, `parkingg`, `parkinng`, `parkking`, `parknig`, `parrking`, `pparking`, `praking`

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