# picking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,383

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pick

## Easily confused with
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-piping)
- **poking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-poking)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-piling)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-puking)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pining)
- **pricing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pricing)
- **pissing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pissing)
- **pinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pinning)
- **pitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pitting)
- **piecing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-piecing)
- **pimping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pimping)
- **pinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pinging)
- **pitching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pitching)
- **pinching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pinching)
- **plucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-plucking)
- **pickings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picking-vs-pickings)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-picking)
- **Peking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peking-vs-picking)
- **parking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parking-vs-picking)
- **packing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packing-vs-picking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ipcking`, `pciking`, `piccking`, `picikng`, `pickign`, `pickingg`, `pickinng`, `pickking`, `picknig`, `pikcing`, `ppicking`

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