# complainant vs complaining

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### complainant
*noun · IPA /kəmˈpleɪnənt/ · frequency rank #25,710*
One who makes complaint, one who complains.

### complaining
*verb · IPA /kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,867*
present participle and gerund of complain

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