Which to use
“pitting” is a noun and “posting” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,038
- “pitting” frequency rank
- #3,714
- “posting” frequency rank
- 32752
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pitting | posting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion. | present participle and gerund of post |
Letter map: pitting vs posting
Shared letters muted; letters that set pitting and posting apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for pitting / posting
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pitting is anoun and postingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pitting is recorded at frequency rank #29,038, classified as anoun. posting is at rank #3,714, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpəʊstɪŋ/.
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 32752, this pair ranks #335,213 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pitting vs posting
Shared letters: ginpt. Private to "pitting": -. Private to "posting": os.
"pitting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "posting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pitting" and "posting" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pitting" vs "posting" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "pitting" and "posting". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pitting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,213 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pitting" and "posting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pinging vs pitting". 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 #335,213 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.