# promoting vs prompting

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### promoting
*verb · IPA /pɹəˈmoʊtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,478*
present participle and gerund of promote

### prompting
*noun · frequency rank #16,097*
The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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