reapingvsremakingWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: reaping is a verb, remaking is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reaping” is a verb and “remaking” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,560
“reaping” frequency rank
#38,129
“remaking” frequency rank
68689
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reaping remaking
Definition present participle and gerund of reap Re-creation; reconstruction.

Letter map: reaping vs remaking

Shared letters muted; letters that set reaping and remaking apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

7 ch
reaping
8 ch
remaking

Grammar separator: reaping vs remaking

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reaping is averb and remakinganoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reaping is recorded at frequency rank #30,560, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈɹiːpɪŋ/. remaking is at rank #38,129, 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 68689, this pair ranks #57,769 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reaping vs remaking

Shared letters: aeginr. Private to "reaping": p. Private to "remaking": km.

"reaping" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "remaking" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reapingeraping · raeping · reaipng · reapign · reapingg · reapinng · reapnig · reapping
  • remakingermaking · reamking · remaikng · remakign · remakingg · remakinng · remakking · remaknig

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reaping" for "remaking" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reaping" is a verb and "remaking" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reaping" or "remaking"?
"reaping" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,560 in our English list, against #38,129 for "remaking". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "reaping" vs "remaking" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reaping" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remaking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,769 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reaping" and "remaking" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remaking vs retaking". 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 #57,769 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list