# ticking

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #15,931

## Definitions
1. A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.

## Etymology
tick (“sheet, cover”) + -ing (“material, collection”).

## Easily confused with
- **timing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-timing)
- **tiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-tiring)
- **tiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-tiling)
- **tipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-tipping)
- **tilting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-tilting)
- **tucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-tucking)
- **tidying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-tidying)
- **tracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-tracking)
- **trucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-trucking)
- **tricking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-tricking)
- **tickling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-tickling)
- **trickling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticking-vs-trickling)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-ticking)
- **talking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-ticking)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasking-vs-ticking)
- **tanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-ticking)
- **thinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thinking-vs-ticking)
- **tackling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackling-vs-ticking)
- **ticketing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticketing-vs-ticking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`itcking`, `tciking`, `ticcking`, `ticikng`, `tickign`, `tickingg`, `tickinng`, `tickking`, `ticknig`, `tikcing`, `tticking`

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