# Peking vs petting

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Peking
*name · IPA /piːˈkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #23,058*
Dated form of Beijing: a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China.

### petting
*verb · IPA /ˈpɛtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #27,244*
present participle and gerund of pet

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