# sacking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,587

## Definitions
1. Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).
2. Firing or termination of an employee.

## Easily confused with
- **saying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-saying)
- **saving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-saving)
- **sawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-sawing)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-seeking)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-smoking)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-shaking)
- **sailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-sailing)
- **sucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-sucking)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-sinking)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-soaking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-spacing)
- **sagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-sagging)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-staking)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-spiking)
- **sanding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-sanding)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-sulking)
- **shocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-shocking)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-sticking)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-stalking)
- **stocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-stocking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ascking`, `saccking`, `sacikng`, `sackign`, `sackingg`, `sackinng`, `sackking`, `sacknig`, `sakcing`, `scaking`, `ssacking`

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