# loving vs lying

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### loving
*noun · IPA /ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,179*
The action of the verb to love.

### lying
*verb · IPA /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,164*
present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”)

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