# stroking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstɹəʊ̯k.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #24,327

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of stroke

## Easily confused with
- **strong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroking-vs-strong)
- **strolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stroking-vs-strolling)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/string-vs-stroking)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-stroking)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/storing-vs-stroking)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-stroking)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoning-vs-stroking)
- **striking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striking-vs-stroking)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stroking)
- **stalking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalking-vs-stroking)
- **striving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striving-vs-stroking)
- **stocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stocking-vs-stroking)
- **stacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacking-vs-stroking)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinking-vs-stroking)
- **straying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/straying-vs-stroking)
- **striding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striding-vs-stroking)
- **streaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/streaking-vs-stroking)

## Common misspellings (13)
`srtoking`, `sstroking`, `storking`, `strkoing`, `stroikng`, `strokign`, `strokingg`, `strokinng`, `strokking`, `stroknig`, `strroking`, `sttroking`, `tsroking`

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