remakingvsremovingWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#38,129
“remaking” frequency rank
#4,627
“removing” frequency rank
42756
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remaking removing
Definition Re-creation; reconstruction. present participle and gerund of remove

Letter map: remaking vs removing

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

8 ch
remaking
8 ch
removing

Role in the sentence - remaking and removing

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remaking is anoun and removingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remaking is recorded at frequency rank #38,129, classified as anoun. removing is at rank #4,627, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈmuːvɪŋ/.

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 42756, this pair ranks #246,341 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remaking vs removing

Shared letters: egimnr. Private to "remaking": ak. Private to "removing": ov.

"remaking" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC  ·  "removing" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remakingermaking · reamking · remaikng · remakign · remakingg · remakinng · remakking · remaknig
  • removingermoving · remmoving · remoivng · removign · removingg · removinng · removnig · removving

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remaking" for "removing" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remaking" is a noun and "removing" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remaking" or "removing"?
"removing" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,627 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "remaking" and "removing".

  • Full dictionary entry for "remaking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "removing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #246,341 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remaking" and "removing" 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 #246,341 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