Which to use
“tasting” and “touting” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,151
- “tasting” frequency rank
- #36,793
- “touting” frequency rank
- 48944
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tasting | touting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A small amount of food or drink. | The act of one who touts. |
Letter map: tasting vs touting
Shared letters muted; letters that set tasting and touting apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Spelling & dictionary notes on tasting vs touting
tasting and touting 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48944, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tasting is recorded at frequency rank #12,151, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈteɪstɪŋ/. touting is at rank #36,793, 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 48944, this pair ranks #188,316 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tasting vs touting
Shared letters: gint. Private to "tasting": as. Private to "touting": ou.
"tasting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "touting" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tasting" and "touting" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "tasting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "touting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,316 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tasting" and "touting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toiling vs touting". 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 #188,316 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.