Which to use
“taking” is an adjective and “thanking” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #406
- “taking” frequency rank
- #14,649
- “thanking” frequency rank
- 15055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taking | thanking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alluring; attractive. | The act by which thanks are given; thanks. |
Letter map: taking vs thanking
Shared letters muted; letters that set taking and thanking apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for taking / thanking
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: taking is anadjective and thankinganoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taking is recorded at frequency rank #406, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈteɪkɪŋ/. thanking is at rank #14,649, 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 15055, this pair ranks #466,328 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of taking vs thanking
Shared letters: agiknt. Private to "taking": -. Private to "thanking": h.
"taking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "thanking" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "taking" and "thanking". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "taking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "thanking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #466,328 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taking" and "thanking" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thanking 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 #466,328 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.