# suckling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #39,119

## Definitions
1. An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
2. A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.

## Etymology
From Middle English sukling, sukeling, sokeling, equivalent to suck + -ling. Cognate with Middle Dutch sogelinc (“suckling”), Dutch zuigeling (“suckling”), German Säugling (“suckling”).

## Easily confused with
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suckling-vs-sulking)
- **sucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucking-vs-suckling)
- **scaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-suckling)
- **sacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacking-vs-suckling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`scukling`, `ssuckling`, `succkling`, `suckilng`, `suckkling`, `sucklign`, `sucklingg`, `sucklinng`, `sucklling`, `sucklnig`, `suclking`, `sukcling`, `usckling`

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