# biting vs Boeing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### biting
*verb · IPA /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,000*
present participle and gerund of bite

### Boeing
*name · IPA /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,572*
A surname from German.

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