# walking

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,472

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of walk

## Etymology
From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-waving)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-waning)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-waxing)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-waring)
- **Woking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-woking)
- **working** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-working)
- **willing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-willing)
- **warning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-warning)
- **wanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-wanting)
- **washing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-washing)
- **wasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-wasting)
- **warming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-warming)
- **welding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-welding)
- **Watkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-watkins)
- **Wilkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-wilkins)
- **whaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-whaling)
- **warring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-warring)
- **winking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-winking)
- **warping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-warping)
- **welling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-welling)

## Common misspellings (11)
`awlking`, `wakling`, `walikng`, `walkign`, `walkingg`, `walkinng`, `walkking`, `walknig`, `wallking`, `wlaking`, `wwalking`

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