# shooting vs shopping

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shooting
*adjective · IPA /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,737*
Moving or growing quickly

### shopping
*verb · IPA /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,129*
present participle and gerund of shop

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