# Woking

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #43,474

## Definitions
1. A town in the borough of Woking, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0058).
2. A local government district with borough status in Surrey, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.
3. A hamlet in Saddle Hills County, Alberta, Canada.

## Etymology
From the Old English tribe name *Woc(c)ingas, from the personal name *Woc(c)a + -ingas (“relating to”).

## Easily confused with
- **wong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woking-vs-wong)
- **wring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woking-vs-wring)
- **wooing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woking-vs-wooing)
- **working** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woking-vs-working)
- **Wyoming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woking-vs-wyoming)
- **wording** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woking-vs-wording)
- **workings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woking-vs-workings)
- **wing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wing-vs-woking)
- **woken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woken-vs-woking)
- **waking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waking-vs-woking)
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waving-vs-woking)
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiring-vs-woking)
- **wiping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiping-vs-woking)
- **wading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-woking)
- **waning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-woking)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waxing-vs-woking)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waring-vs-woking)
- **walking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walking-vs-woking)
- **winking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winking-vs-woking)
- **whoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whoring-vs-woking)

## Common misspellings (9)
`owking`, `wkoing`, `woikng`, `wokign`, `wokingg`, `wokinng`, `wokking`, `woknig`, `wwoking`

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