Which to use
“hawking” is a noun and “Hawkins” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,235
- “hawking” frequency rank
- #12,254
- “Hawkins” frequency rank
- 33489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hawking | Hawkins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action of the verb to hawk. | An English surname originating as a patronymic. |
Letter map: hawking vs Hawkins
Shared letters muted; letters that set hawking and Hawkins apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - hawking and Hawkins
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hawking is anoun and Hawkinsaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - g in “hawking” becomes s in “Hawkins”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hawking is recorded at frequency rank #21,235, classified as anoun. Hawkins is at rank #12,254, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈhɔːkɪnz/.
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 33489, this pair ranks #329,020 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hawking vs Hawkins
Shared letters: ahiknw. Private to "hawking": g. Private to "Hawkins": s.
"hawking" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "Hawkins" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "hawking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hawkins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,020 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hawking" and "Hawkins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hawking vs honking". 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 #329,020 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.