# downing vs drowning

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### downing
*verb · IPA /ˈdaʊnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,219*
present participle and gerund of down

### drowning
*verb · IPA /ˈdɹaʊnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,040*
present participle and gerund of drown

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downing-vs-drowning