# communicating vs communicative

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### communicating
*verb · IPA /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,017*
present participle and gerund of communicate

### communicative
*adjective · IPA /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/ · frequency rank #31,115*
Eager to communicate; talkative.

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