# soaking

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #16,588

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of soak

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum.

## Easily confused with
- **sowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-sowing)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-staring)
- **sucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-sucking)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-staging)
- **sobbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-sobbing)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-soaring)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-spacing)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-swaying)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-sparing)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-staking)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-spiking)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-sulking)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-speaking)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-stalking)
- **stocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-stocking)
- **stacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-stacking)
- **spanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-spanking)
- **sparking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-sparking)

## Common misspellings (10)
`osaking`, `saoking`, `soaikng`, `soakign`, `soakingg`, `soakinng`, `soakking`, `soaknig`, `sokaing`, `ssoaking`

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