Which to use
“pitting” and “potting” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,038
- “pitting” frequency rank
- #41,317
- “potting” frequency rank
- 70355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pitting | potting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion. | The placing of something in a pot. |
Letter map: pitting vs potting
Shared letters muted; letters that set pitting and potting apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. pitting and potting follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on pitting vs potting
pitting and potting are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - i in “pitting” becomes o in “potting”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pitting is recorded at frequency rank #29,038, classified as anoun. potting is at rank #41,317, 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 70355, this pair ranks #50,914 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pitting vs potting
Shared letters: ginpt. Private to "pitting": -. Private to "potting": o.
"pitting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "potting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pitting" for "potting" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "pitting" or "potting" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pitting" and "potting".
- Full dictionary entry for "pitting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "potting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,914 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pitting" and "potting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "porting vs potting". 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 #50,914 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.