# sinking

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,251

## Definitions
1. gerund of sink: the process by which something sinks, or is sunk.

## Etymology
From sink + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-sizing)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-siting)
- **sitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-sitting)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-smoking)
- **sucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-sucking)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-soaking)
- **sipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-sipping)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-staking)
- **syncing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-syncing)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-spiking)
- **sinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-sinning)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-sulking)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-sticking)
- **spinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-spinning)
- **swinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-swinging)
- **spanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-spanking)
- **stinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-stinging)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-stinking)
- **smirking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-smirking)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siding-vs-sinking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`isnking`, `sikning`, `sinikng`, `sinkign`, `sinkingg`, `sinkinng`, `sinkking`, `sinknig`, `sinnking`, `sniking`, `ssinking`

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