# shopping vs showing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### showing
*verb · IPA /ˈʃəʊɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,409*
present participle and gerund of show

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