Which to use
“taking” is an adjective and “teaming” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #406
- “taking” frequency rank
- #18,714
- “teaming” frequency rank
- 19120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taking | teaming |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alluring; attractive. | An instance of teamwork. |
Letter map: taking vs teaming
Shared letters muted; letters that set taking and teaming apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for taking / teaming
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: taking is anadjective and teaminganoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taking is recorded at frequency rank #406, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈteɪkɪŋ/. teaming is at rank #18,714, 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 19120, this pair ranks #440,381 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of taking vs teaming
Shared letters: agint. Private to "taking": k. Private to "teaming": em.
"taking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "teaming" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "taking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "teaming" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #440,381 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taking" and "teaming" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teaming vs thawing". 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 #440,381 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.