# petting vs posting

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### posting
*verb · IPA /ˈpəʊstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,714*
present participle and gerund of post

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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