# raining vs ramming

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### raining
*verb · IPA /ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,917*
present participle and gerund of rain

### ramming
*noun · frequency rank #37,185*
A collision where something is rammed.

## Source
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