# risking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #14,008

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is risked.

## Easily confused with
- **rushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/risking-vs-rushing)
- **rocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/risking-vs-rocking)
- **rusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/risking-vs-rusting)
- **rising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rising-vs-risking)
- **riding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riding-vs-risking)
- **raking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raking-vs-risking)
- **raising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-risking)
- **ranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranking-vs-risking)
- **resting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-risking)
- **ringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringing-vs-risking)
- **ripping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripping-vs-risking)
- **rigging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rigging-vs-risking)
- **racking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racking-vs-risking)
- **rinsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rinsing-vs-risking)
- **rifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rifling-vs-risking)
- **Riesling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riesling-vs-risking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`irsking`, `riksing`, `risikng`, `riskign`, `riskingg`, `riskinng`, `riskking`, `risknig`, `rissking`, `rrisking`, `rsiking`

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