# sucking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsʌkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,614

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of suck

## Easily confused with
- **suing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucking-vs-suing)
- **surfing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucking-vs-surfing)
- **summing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucking-vs-summing)
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucking-vs-suiting)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucking-vs-sulking)
- **suckling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucking-vs-suckling)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sucking)
- **smoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoking-vs-sucking)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-sucking)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-sucking)
- **soaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaking-vs-sucking)
- **sacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-sucking)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-sucking)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-sucking)
- **subbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/subbing-vs-sucking)
- **shocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocking-vs-sucking)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-sucking)
- **stocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stocking-vs-sucking)
- **stacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacking-vs-sucking)
- **smacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smacking-vs-sucking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`scuking`, `ssucking`, `succking`, `sucikng`, `suckign`, `suckingg`, `suckinng`, `suckking`, `sucknig`, `sukcing`, `uscking`

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