puking

noun

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"puking" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“puking” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,032. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,032
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who pukes or vomits.

Corpus desk

Index EN-puking · puking · English

puking · rank #35,032 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,032
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH predictability

Nearest frequency peer: predictability (-2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “puking”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “puking” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

puking vs Putin
50% similar
puking vs putting
71% similar
puking vs pushing
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for puking
PropertyValue
Headwordpuking
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,032
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “puking”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).pukinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “predictability” (#35,030), “QE” (#35,034), “predicate” (#35,029). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “puking” is #35,032. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around puking, anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,032 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of one who pukes or vomits.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for puking, with forms such as "pkuing", "ppuking", and "puikng". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Putin", "putting", "pushing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is puking, spelled P-U-K-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of one who pukes or vomits.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how puking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Of the former I have incontestable proofs in several instances, in the pukings of infants nourished only by breast-milk, which changed blue-paper red, upon being applied to it the moment they were brought off the stomach.
  2. I ask everybody… A waitress, flight attendant… …someone I’m shitting next to on the plane… “You know what my biggest hobby is?” Puking.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pkuing
  • ppuking
  • puikng
  • pukign
  • pukingg
  • pukinng
  • pukking
  • puknig
  • upking

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puking - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pkuing2ppuking1puikng2pukign2pukingg1pukinng1pukking1puknig2
Edit distance from "puking"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puking"?
"puking" is spelled P-U-K-I-N-G.
What does "puking" mean?
As a noun, "puking" means: The act of one who pukes or vomits.
What words are commonly confused with "puking"?
"puking" is commonly confused with "Putin", "putting", "pushing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "puking" come from?
"puking" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "puking", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ramble#35,039reebok#35,043Pilate#35,016Rodger#35,053

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

potters9 variantsplummet9 variantssanger9 variantsomelette9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list