# stalking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstɔːkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #12,332

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of stalk

## Easily confused with
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-staring)
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-styling)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-sulking)
- **starting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-starting)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-standing)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-stealing)
- **striking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-striking)
- **starring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-starring)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-sticking)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-starving)
- **stocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-stocking)
- **stalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-stalling)
- **stamping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-stamping)
- **stroking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-stroking)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-stinking)
- **starling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-starling)
- **Stalin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalin-vs-stalking)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-stalking)

## Common misspellings (13)
`satlking`, `sstalking`, `stakling`, `stalikng`, `stalkign`, `stalkingg`, `stalkinng`, `stalkking`, `stalknig`, `stallking`, `stlaking`, `sttalking`, `tsalking`

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