Which to use
“alleging” is a noun and “allowing” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,564
- “alleging” frequency rank
- #2,379
- “allowing” frequency rank
- 17943
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alleging | allowing |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | allegation | present participle and gerund of allow |
Letter map: alleging vs allowing
Shared letters muted; letters that set alleging and allowing apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. alleging and allowing follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - alleging and allowing
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alleging is anoun and allowingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alleging is recorded at frequency rank #15,564, classified as anoun. allowing is at rank #2,379, tagged as averb, pronounced /əˈlaʊɪŋ/.
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 17943, this pair ranks #448,168 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of alleging vs allowing
Shared letters: agiln. Private to "alleging": e. Private to "allowing": ow.
"alleging" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "allowing" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "alleging" and "allowing" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "alleging" or "allowing"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "alleging" and "allowing".
- Full dictionary entry for "alleging" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allowing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #448,168 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alleging" and "allowing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alleging vs alluding". 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 #448,168 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.