# pecking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɛkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #33,787

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of peck

## Easily confused with
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-poking)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-peking)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-puking)
- **picking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-picking)
- **pending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-pending)
- **Perkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-perkins)
- **peeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-peeling)
- **petting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-petting)
- **peering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-peering)
- **peeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-peeking)
- **peeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-peeping)
- **penning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-penning)
- **piecing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-piecing)
- **pegging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-pegging)
- **plucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-plucking)
- **pickings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pecking-vs-pickings)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-pecking)
- **parking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-pecking)
- **packing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-pecking)
- **peaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peaking-vs-pecking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`epcking`, `pceking`, `peccking`, `pecikng`, `peckign`, `peckingg`, `peckinng`, `peckking`, `pecknig`, `pekcing`, `ppecking`

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