Which to use
“halting” is an adjective and “hating” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,864
- “halting” frequency rank
- #9,051
- “hating” frequency rank
- 36915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | halting | hating |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken. | present participle and gerund of hate |
Letter map: halting vs hating
Shared letters muted; letters that set halting and hating apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - halting and hating
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: halting is anadjective and hatingaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
halting is recorded at frequency rank #27,864, classified as anadj. hating is at rank #9,051, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈheɪtɪŋ/.
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 36915, this pair ranks #299,007 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of halting vs hating
Shared letters: aghint. Private to "halting": l. Private to "hating": -.
"halting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "hating" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "halting" vs "hating" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "halting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hating" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #299,007 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "halting" and "hating" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "halting vs hazing". 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 #299,007 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.