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“hating” and “hiding” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,051
- “hating” frequency rank
- #4,161
- “hiding” frequency rank
- 13212
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hating | hiding |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of hate | present participle and gerund of hide |
Where the eye mixes hating and hiding
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: hating vs hiding
A purely visual mix-up. hating (/ˈheɪtɪŋ/) and hiding (/ˈhaɪdɪŋ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hating is recorded at frequency rank #9,051, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈheɪtɪŋ/. hiding is at rank #4,161, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/.
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 13212, this pair ranks #477,120 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hating vs hiding
Shared letters: ghin. Private to "hating": at. Private to "hiding": d.
"hating" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "hiding" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hating" and "hiding" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "hating" or "hiding" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hating" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hiding" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #477,120 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hating" and "hiding" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hating vs hing". 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 #477,120 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.