# winking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #36,397

## Definitions
1. The act of someone who winks.

## Easily confused with
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-wiring)
- **wiping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-wiping)
- **Woking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-woking)
- **working** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-working)
- **winning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-winning)
- **wishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-wishing)
- **winnings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-winnings)
- **wringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-wringing)
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waking-vs-winking)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-winking)
- **walking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-winking)
- **willing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willing-vs-winking)
- **wanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanting-vs-winking)
- **winding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winding-vs-winking)
- **whining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whining-vs-winking)
- **Wilkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilkins-vs-winking)
- **winging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winging-vs-winking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`iwnking`, `wikning`, `winikng`, `winkign`, `winkingg`, `winkinng`, `winkking`, `winknig`, `winnking`, `wniking`, `wwinking`

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