Which to use
“shutting” is a verb and “suiting” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,116
- “shutting” frequency rank
- #46,800
- “suiting” frequency rank
- 57916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shutting | suiting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of shut | fabric for making suits |
Letter map: shutting vs suiting
Shared letters muted; letters that set shutting and suiting apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. shutting runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCC) against suiting's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for shutting / suiting
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shutting is averb and suitinganoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shutting is recorded at frequency rank #11,116, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈʃʌtɪŋ/. suiting is at rank #46,800, 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 57916, this pair ranks #116,058 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shutting vs suiting
Shared letters: ginstu. Private to "shutting": h. Private to "suiting": -.
"shutting" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "suiting" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "shutting" and "suiting" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "shutting" or "suiting" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "shutting" and "suiting".
- Full dictionary entry for "shutting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suiting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,058 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shutting" and "suiting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suiting vs sulking". 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 #116,058 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.