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“digging” and “dodging” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,217
- “digging” frequency rank
- #19,317
- “dodging” frequency rank
- 26534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digging | dodging |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The action performed by a person or thing that digs. | The act of dodging; a dodge. |
Letter map: digging vs dodging
Shared letters muted; letters that set digging and dodging apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Corpus notes: digging and dodging
digging and dodging 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digging is recorded at frequency rank #7,217, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/. dodging is at rank #19,317, 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 26534, this pair ranks #385,975 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of digging vs dodging
Shared letters: dgin. Private to "digging": -. Private to "dodging": o.
"digging" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "dodging" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "digging" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dodging" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #385,975 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digging" and "dodging" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dodging vs dozing". 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 #385,975 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.