# citing vs crying

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### citing
*verb · IPA /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,777*
present participle and gerund of cite

### crying
*adjective · IPA /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,666*
That cries.

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