# missing vs musing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### missing
*verb · IPA /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #950*
present participle and gerund of miss

### musing
*noun · frequency rank #46,643*
thought, meditation, contemplation

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