# taking

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈteɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #406

## Definitions
1. Alluring; attractive.
2. Infectious; contagious.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, take + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **tang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tang)
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-ting)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-thing)
- **tying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tying)
- **trying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-trying)
- **timing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-timing)
- **typing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-typing)
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tuning)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-taxing)
- **tiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tiring)
- **tubing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tubing)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-taping)
- **Turing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-turing)
- **toying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-toying)
- **tiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tiling)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-toning)
- **talking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-talking)
- **trading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-trading)
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tearing)
- **tapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tapping)

## Common misspellings (9)
`atking`, `taikng`, `takign`, `takingg`, `takinng`, `takking`, `taknig`, `tkaing`, `ttaking`

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