# shaking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,295

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of shake

## Easily confused with
- **Shang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-shang)
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-showing)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-sharing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-staying)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-smoking)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-staring)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-shining)
- **sucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-sucking)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-skating)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-sinking)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-shaping)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-staging)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-shaving)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-soaring)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-soaking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-spacing)
- **shaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-shaming)
- **slaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-slaying)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-shoving)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsaking`, `sahking`, `shaikng`, `shakign`, `shakingg`, `shakinng`, `shakking`, `shaknig`, `shhaking`, `shkaing`, `sshaking`

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