# rocking

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹɑkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,925

## Definitions
1. Shaking, swaying or moving back and forth.
2. Excellent; great.

## Etymology
From rock + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **rowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-rowing)
- **roving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-roving)
- **rolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-rolling)
- **rooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-rooting)
- **routing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-routing)
- **rotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-rotting)
- **rowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-rowling)
- **roofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-roofing)
- **rousing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocking-vs-rousing)
- **racing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-rocking)
- **raking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raking-vs-rocking)
- **ranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranking-vs-rocking)
- **risking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/risking-vs-rocking)
- **roaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roaring-vs-rocking)
- **roaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roaming-vs-rocking)
- **Rockies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rockies-vs-rocking)
- **robbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robbing-vs-rocking)
- **racking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racking-vs-rocking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`orcking`, `rcoking`, `roccking`, `rocikng`, `rockign`, `rockingg`, `rockinng`, `rockking`, `rocknig`, `rokcing`, `rrocking`

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