# being vs bowing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### being
*verb · IPA /ˈbiː.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #119*
present participle and gerund of be

### bowing
*verb · IPA /ˈbaʊɪŋ/ · frequency rank #23,763*
present participle and gerund of bow (all senses)

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