# culling vs cunning

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### culling
*verb · IPA /ˈkʌlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #34,000*
present participle and gerund of cull

### cunning
*adjective · IPA /ˈkʌnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #15,999*
Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

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