# sailing vs starling

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sailing
*verb · IPA /ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,283*
present participle and gerund of sail

### starling
*noun · IPA /ˈstɑːlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #28,031*
A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sailing-vs-starling