Which to use
“mocking” is a verb and “mooring” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,962
- “mocking” frequency rank
- #35,415
- “mooring” frequency rank
- 49377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mocking | mooring |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of mock | A place to moor a vessel. |
Letter map: mocking vs mooring
Shared letters muted; letters that set mocking and mooring apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. mocking (CVCCVCC) and mooring (CVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - mocking and mooring
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mocking is averb and mooringanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mocking is recorded at frequency rank #13,962, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈmɑkɪŋ/. mooring is at rank #35,415, tagged as anoun.
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 49377, this pair ranks #184,216 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mocking vs mooring
Shared letters: gimno. Private to "mocking": ck. Private to "mooring": r.
"mocking" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "mooring" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mocking" for "mooring" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mocking" vs "mooring" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mocking" and "mooring".
- Full dictionary entry for "mocking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mooring" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,216 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mocking" and "mooring" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mooring vs Morin". 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 #184,216 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.