# seeking

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsiː.kɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,597

## Definitions
1. The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.

## Etymology
From seek + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sewing)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-selling)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-setting)
- **serving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-serving)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sending)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-smoking)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-shaking)
- **sucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sucking)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sinking)
- **sensing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sensing)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-soaking)
- **seeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-seeming)
- **seizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-seizing)
- **spewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-spewing)
- **sexting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sexting)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-staking)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-spiking)
- **seeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-seeping)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sulking)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-speaking)

## Common misspellings (10)
`eseking`, `seeikng`, `seekign`, `seekingg`, `seekinng`, `seekking`, `seeknig`, `sekeing`, `seking`, `sseeking`

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