Which to use
“repairing” is a noun and “requiring” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,002
- “repairing” frequency rank
- #5,729
- “requiring” frequency rank
- 19731
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repairing | requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act by which something is repaired; a mending. | present participle and gerund of require |
Letter map: repairing vs requiring
Shared letters muted; letters that set repairing and requiring apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Part-of-speech tell for repairing / requiring
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: repairing is anoun and requiringaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repairing is recorded at frequency rank #14,002, classified as anoun. requiring is at rank #5,729, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈkwaɪə.ɹɪŋ/.
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 19731, this pair ranks #436,106 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of repairing vs requiring
Shared letters: eginr. Private to "repairing": ap. Private to "requiring": qu.
"repairing" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC · "requiring" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "repairing" and "requiring" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "repairing" or "requiring"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "repairing" and "requiring".
- Full dictionary entry for "repairing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "requiring" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,106 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repairing" and "requiring" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regaining vs repairing". 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 #436,106 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.