# halting vs having

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### halting
*adjective · frequency rank #27,864*
Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

### having
*verb · IPA /ˈhævɪŋ/ · frequency rank #233*
present participle and gerund of have

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