# beaming vs becoming

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### beaming
*adjective · frequency rank #27,736*
Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.

### becoming
*verb · IPA /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,627*
present participle and gerund of become

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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