Which to use
“looking” is a verb and “of” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,829
- “looking” frequency rank
- #324
- “of” frequency rank
- 28153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | looking | of |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs look | von |
Letter map: looking vs of
Shared letters muted; letters that set looking and of apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - looking and of
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: looking is averb and ofapreposition. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
looking is recorded at frequency rank #27,829, classified as averb, pronounced […]. of is at rank #324, tagged as aprep, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 28153, this pair ranks #1,789,644 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of looking vs of
Shared letters: o. Private to "looking": gikln. Private to "of": f.
"looking" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "of" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- looking ← llooking · loking · lokoing · looikng · lookign · lookingg · lookinng · lookking
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "looking" for "of" ever safe?
Frequency check: "looking" vs "of" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "looking" and "of".
- Full dictionary entry for "looking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "of" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,789,644 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "looking" and "of" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "looking vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,789,644 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.