# hiking vs homing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hiking
*verb · IPA /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,677*
present participle and gerund of hike

### homing
*verb · IPA /ˈhoʊmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #29,685*
present participle and gerund of home

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiking-vs-homing