Which to use
“ensuing” is an adjective and “ensuring” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,117
- “ensuing” frequency rank
- #7,130
- “ensuring” frequency rank
- 21247
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ensuing | ensuring |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event. | present participle and gerund of ensure |
Letter map: ensuing vs ensuring
Shared letters muted; letters that set ensuing and ensuring apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Role in the sentence - ensuing and ensuring
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ensuing is anadjective and ensuringaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21247, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ensuing is recorded at frequency rank #14,117, classified as anadj. ensuring is at rank #7,130, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɪnˈʃʊəɹɪŋ/.
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 21247, this pair ranks #425,290 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ensuing vs ensuring
Shared letters: eginsu. Private to "ensuing": -. Private to "ensuring": r.
"ensuing" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC · "ensuring" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "ensuing" vs "ensuring" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "ensuing" vs "ensuring" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ensuing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ensuring" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,290 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ensuing" and "ensuring" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "easing vs ensuing". 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 #425,290 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.