# coking vs coming

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### coking
*noun · frequency rank #45,852*
The manufacture of coke via the destructive distillation of coal

### coming
*verb · IPA /ˈkʌmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #383*
present participle and gerund of come

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