Which to use
“damning” is a verb and “darting” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,340
- “damning” frequency rank
- #42,592
- “darting” frequency rank
- 64932
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | damning | darting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of damn | Characterized by sudden, quick movements. |
Letter map: damning vs darting
Shared letters muted; letters that set damning and darting apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. damning and darting follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for damning / darting
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: damning is averb and dartinganadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64932, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
damning is recorded at frequency rank #22,340, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈdæmɪŋ/. darting is at rank #42,592, tagged as anadj.
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 64932, this pair ranks #75,269 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of damning vs darting
Shared letters: adgin. Private to "damning": m. Private to "darting": rt.
"damning" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "darting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "damning" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "darting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,269 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "damning" and "darting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Darrin vs darting". 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 #75,269 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.