# sticking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,964

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of stick

## Easily confused with
- **sucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-sucking)
- **striking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-striking)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stirring)
- **stocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stocking)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stirling)
- **stroking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stroking)
- **stinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stinging)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stinking)
- **stifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stifling)
- **stitching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stitching)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-sticking)
- **slicing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slicing-vs-sticking)
- **sacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-sticking)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-sticking)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-sticking)
- **shocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocking-vs-sticking)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-sticking)
- **stacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacking-vs-sticking)
- **smacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smacking-vs-sticking)
- **smirking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smirking-vs-sticking)

## Common misspellings (13)
`sitcking`, `ssticking`, `stciking`, `sticcking`, `sticikng`, `stickign`, `stickingg`, `stickinng`, `stickking`, `sticknig`, `stikcing`, `stticking`, `tsicking`

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