# hating vs having

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hating
*verb · IPA /ˈheɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,051*
present participle and gerund of hate

### 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.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hating-vs-having