# halting vs hawking

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hawking
*noun · frequency rank #21,235*
Action of the verb to hawk.

## Source
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