# smoking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,917

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of smoke

## Etymology
From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-sowing)
- **sucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-sucking)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-storing)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-soaking)
- **snoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-snoring)
- **snowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-snowing)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-staking)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-spiking)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-stoning)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-sulking)
- **stocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-stocking)
- **stroking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-stroking)
- **showing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showing-vs-smoking)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-smoking)
- **scoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoring-vs-smoking)
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smiling-vs-smoking)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-smoking)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-smoking)
- **slowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowing-vs-smoking)
- **shoving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoving-vs-smoking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`msoking`, `smkoing`, `smmoking`, `smoikng`, `smokign`, `smokingg`, `smokinng`, `smokking`, `smoknig`, `somking`, `ssmoking`

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