# shunning vs sounding

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shunning
*verb · IPA /ˈʃʌnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #46,776*
present participle and gerund of shun

### sounding
*noun · IPA /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,352*
The action of the verb to sound.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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