# talking

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #520

## Definitions
1. The action of the verb talk.

## Etymology
From Middle English talkynge. By surface analysis, talk + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-taxing)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-taping)
- **tiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tiling)
- **telling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-telling)
- **tapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tapping)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tasting)
- **ticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-ticking)
- **tanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tanning)
- **tilting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tilting)
- **tucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tucking)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tasking)
- **Tallinn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tallinn)
- **tanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tanking)
- **tolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tolling)
- **tracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tracking)
- **thanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-thanking)
- **takin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/takin-vs-talking)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-talking)
- **talkie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talkie-vs-talking)
- **tagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tagging-vs-talking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`atlking`, `takling`, `talikng`, `talkign`, `talkingg`, `talkinng`, `talkking`, `talknig`, `tallking`, `tlaking`, `ttalking`

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