Which to use
“farming” and “farthing” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,036
- “farming” frequency rank
- #45,922
- “farthing” frequency rank
- 50958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | farming | farthing |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc. | A quarter of any monetary unit or measure. |
Where the eye mixes farming and farthing
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: farming vs farthing
A purely visual mix-up. farming (/ˈfɑːmɪŋ/) and farthing (/ˈfɑː(ɹ).ðɪŋ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
farming is recorded at frequency rank #5,036, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɑːmɪŋ/. farthing is at rank #45,922, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɑː(ɹ).ðɪŋ/.
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 50958, this pair ranks #169,623 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of farming vs farthing
Shared letters: afginr. Private to "farming": m. Private to "farthing": ht.
"farming" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "farthing" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "farming" and "farthing" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "farming" or "farthing" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "farming" and "farthing" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "farming" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "farthing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,623 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "farming" and "farthing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faring vs farthing". 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 #169,623 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.