Which to use
“mornings” is an adverb and “mourning” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,918
- “mornings” frequency rank
- #11,426
- “mourning” frequency rank
- 23344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mornings | mourning |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Every morning. | present participle and gerund of mourn |
Letter map: mornings vs mourning
Shared letters muted; letters that set mornings and mourning apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. mornings (CVCCVCCC) and mourning (CVVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: mornings vs mourning
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mornings is anadverb and mourningaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mornings is recorded at frequency rank #11,918, classified as anadv. mourning is at rank #11,426, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈmoɹnɪŋ/.
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 23344, this pair ranks #409,997 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mornings vs mourning
Shared letters: gimnor. Private to "mornings": s. Private to "mourning": u.
"mornings" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC · "mourning" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "mornings" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mourning" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,997 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mornings" and "mourning" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mourning vs mouthing". 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 #409,997 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.