Which to use
“skating” and “staking” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,097
- “skating” frequency rank
- #33,033
- “staking” frequency rank
- 42130
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | skating | staking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of skate | present participle and gerund of stake |
Letter map: skating vs staking
Shared letters muted; letters that set skating and staking apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Pair insight - skating / staking
skating and staking are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
skating is recorded at frequency rank #9,097, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈskeɪtɪŋ/. staking is at rank #33,033, tagged as averb.
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 42130, this pair ranks #252,040 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of skating vs staking
Shared letters: agiknst. Private to "skating": -. Private to "staking": -.
"skating" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC · "staking" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "skating" vs "staking" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "skating" and "staking". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "skating" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "staking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,040 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "skating" and "staking" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "staking 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 #252,040 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.