# embarrassing vs embarrassingly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### embarrassing
*verb · IPA /ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,595*
present participle and gerund of embarrass

### embarrassingly
*adverb · IPA /ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋli/ · frequency rank #38,383*
In an embarrassing manner.

## Source
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