# sparking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,259

## Definitions
1. The act of producing a spark.

## Easily confused with
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-spring)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-staring)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-staking)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-spiking)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-starting)
- **speaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-speaking)
- **sporting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-sporting)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-starring)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-starving)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-stalking)
- **stacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-stacking)
- **sparring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-sparring)
- **starling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-starling)
- **sparkling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparking-vs-sparkling)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-sparking)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-sparking)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaring-vs-sparking)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-sparking)
- **spacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacing-vs-sparking)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-sparking)

## Common misspellings (13)
`psarking`, `saprking`, `spakring`, `sparikng`, `sparkign`, `sparkingg`, `sparkinng`, `sparkking`, `sparknig`, `sparrking`, `spparking`, `spraking`, `ssparking`

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