# tackling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #15,072

## Definitions
1. The process by which something is tackled or dealt with.
2. The tackle of a vessel.
3. The harness for drawing a carriage.

## Easily confused with
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-taking)
- **talking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-talking)
- **ticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-ticking)
- **tucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-tucking)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-tasking)
- **tanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-tanking)
- **tailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-tailing)
- **tracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-tracking)
- **tickling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-tickling)
- **trickling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-trickling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`atckling`, `tacckling`, `tackilng`, `tackkling`, `tacklign`, `tacklingg`, `tacklinng`, `tacklling`, `tacklnig`, `taclking`, `takcling`, `tcakling`, `ttackling`

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