# tanking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #40,920

## Definitions
1. A session of being immersed in a tank.
2. An act of a deliberate loss in a game or match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

## Easily confused with
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tuning)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-taxing)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-taping)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-toning)
- **Tonkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tonkin)
- **tapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tapping)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tasting)
- **ticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-ticking)
- **tanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tanning)
- **tending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tending)
- **tucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tucking)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tasking)
- **thinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-thinking)
- **tracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tracking)
- **thanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-thanking)
- **taunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-taunting)
- **takin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/takin-vs-tanking)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tanking)
- **talking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-tanking)
- **tagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tagging-vs-tanking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`atnking`, `takning`, `tanikng`, `tankign`, `tankingg`, `tankinng`, `tankking`, `tanknig`, `tannking`, `tnaking`, `ttanking`

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