# sending vs singing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sending
*verb · IPA /ˈsɛndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,463*
present participle and gerund of send

### singing
*noun · IPA /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,559*
The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

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