# hacking vs hailing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hacking
*adjective · IPA /ˈhækɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,430*
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

### hailing
*verb · IPA /ˈheɪlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #23,853*
present participle and gerund of hail

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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