Which to use
“shopping” is a verb and “skipping” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,129
- “shopping” frequency rank
- #13,611
- “skipping” frequency rank
- 15740
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shopping | skipping |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of shop | The act by which something is skipped or omitted. |
Letter map: shopping vs skipping
Shared letters muted; letters that set shopping and skipping apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for shopping / skipping
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shopping is averb and skippinganoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15740, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shopping is recorded at frequency rank #2,129, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/. skipping is at rank #13,611, tagged as anoun.
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 15740, this pair ranks #462,098 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of shopping vs skipping
Shared letters: ginps. Private to "shopping": ho. Private to "skipping": k.
"shopping" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "skipping" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "shopping" for "skipping" ever safe?
Which is more common, "shopping" or "skipping"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "shopping" and "skipping".
- Full dictionary entry for "shopping" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "skipping" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #462,098 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shopping" and "skipping" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "skipping vs skirting". 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 #462,098 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.