# staking

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #33,033

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of stake

## Etymology
From stake + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-sting)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-string)
- **Stalin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-stalin)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-staring)
- **sucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-sucking)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-storing)
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-styling)
- **stamina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-stamina)
- **swaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-swaying)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-stoning)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-sulking)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-starting)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-standing)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-stealing)
- **striking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-striking)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-starring)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-sticking)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-starving)

## Common misspellings (11)
`satking`, `sstaking`, `staikng`, `stakign`, `stakingg`, `stakinng`, `stakking`, `staknig`, `stkaing`, `sttaking`, `tsaking`

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