Which to use
“soaring” is an adjective and “staying” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,351
- “soaring” frequency rank
- #2,764
- “staying” frequency rank
- 19115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soaring | staying |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | assurgent, ascending | present participle and gerund of stay |
Letter map: soaring vs staying
Shared letters muted; letters that set soaring and staying apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - soaring and staying
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: soaring is anadjective and stayingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soaring is recorded at frequency rank #16,351, classified as anadj. staying is at rank #2,764, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/.
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 19115, this pair ranks #440,414 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soaring vs staying
Shared letters: agins. Private to "soaring": or. Private to "staying": ty.
"soaring" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "staying" · 7 letters · shape CCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soaring" for "staying" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soaring" vs "staying" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "soaring" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "staying" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #440,414 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soaring" and "staying" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soaring vs squaring". 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 #440,414 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.