# spiking

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #38,173

## Definitions
1. spiky
2. protruding like a spike.
3. Associated with or causing one or more sudden sharp increases.

## Easily confused with
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-spring)
- **spying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-spying)
- **sucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-sucking)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-staking)
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-suiting)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-sulking)
- **striking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-striking)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-sticking)
- **spinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-spinning)
- **spitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-spitting)
- **spilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-spilling)
- **spoiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-spoiling)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-stinking)
- **skiing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skiing-vs-spiking)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siding-vs-spiking)
- **sizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sizing-vs-spiking)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siting-vs-spiking)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-spiking)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-spiking)
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smiling-vs-spiking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`psiking`, `sipking`, `spiikng`, `spikign`, `spikingg`, `spikinng`, `spikking`, `spiknig`, `spkiing`, `sppiking`, `sspiking`

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