conjuringvscontouringConfusable pair

Which to use

“conjuring” and “contouring” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,991
“conjuring” frequency rank
#44,135
“contouring” frequency rank
78126
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conjuring contouring
Definition An act in which something is conjured. the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable

Letter map: conjuring vs contouring

Shared letters muted; letters that set conjuring and contouring apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.

9 ch
conjuring
10 ch
contouring

Spelling & dictionary notes on conjuring vs contouring

conjuring and contouring are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conjuring is recorded at frequency rank #33,991, classified as anoun. contouring is at rank #44,135, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 78126, this pair ranks #25,411 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conjuring vs contouring

Shared letters: cginoru. Private to "conjuring": j. Private to "contouring": t.

"conjuring" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC  ·  "contouring" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conjuringcconjuring · cnojuring · cojnuring · conjjuring · conjruing · conjuirng · conjurign · conjuringg
  • contouringccontouring · cnotouring · conntouring · conoturing · contoruing · contouirng · contourign · contouringg

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conjuring" and "contouring" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "conjuring" vs "contouring" - which ranks higher?
"conjuring" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,991 in our English list, against #44,135 for "contouring". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "conjuring" and "contouring". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conjuring" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "contouring" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,411 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conjuring" and "contouring" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colouring vs contouring". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #25,411 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list