# spanking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #20,229

## Definitions
1. present participle of spank

## Etymology
From spank (“to move energetically”) + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-sparing)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-staking)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-spiking)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-speaking)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-standing)
- **spending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-spending)
- **spinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-spinning)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-stalking)
- **spanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-spanning)
- **stacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-stacking)
- **sparring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-sparring)
- **sparking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-sparking)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-stinking)
- **sparkling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spanking-vs-sparkling)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-spanking)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-spanking)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-spanking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-spanking)
- **sacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-spanking)
- **sanding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanding-vs-spanking)

## Common misspellings (13)
`psanking`, `sapnking`, `spakning`, `spanikng`, `spankign`, `spankingg`, `spankinng`, `spankking`, `spanknig`, `spannking`, `spnaking`, `sppanking`, `sspanking`

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