# striking

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstɹaɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,166

## Definitions
1. Making a strong impression.
2. On strike, taking part in industrial action.

## Easily confused with
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striking-vs-string)
- **striving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striking-vs-striving)
- **stroking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striking-vs-stroking)
- **stripping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striking-vs-stripping)
- **stringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striking-vs-stringing)
- **strikingly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striking-vs-strikingly)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-striking)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-striking)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-striking)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-striking)
- **stocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stocking-vs-striking)
- **stacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacking-vs-striking)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinking-vs-striking)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straying-vs-striking)
- **striding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striding-vs-striking)
- **shrinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrinking-vs-striking)
- **straining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straining-vs-striking)
- **shrieking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrieking-vs-striking)
- **streaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/streaking-vs-striking)

## Common misspellings (13)
`srtiking`, `sstriking`, `stirking`, `striikng`, `strikign`, `strikingg`, `strikinng`, `strikking`, `striknig`, `strkiing`, `strriking`, `sttriking`, `tsriking`

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