Which to use
“teaming” is a noun and “thawing” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,714
- “teaming” frequency rank
- #43,414
- “thawing” frequency rank
- 62128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | teaming | thawing |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An instance of teamwork. | present participle and gerund of thaw |
Letter map: teaming vs thawing
Shared letters muted; letters that set teaming and thawing apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. teaming (CVVCVCC) and thawing (CCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for teaming / thawing
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teaming is anoun and thawingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
teaming is recorded at frequency rank #18,714, classified as anoun. thawing is at rank #43,414, 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 62128, this pair ranks #90,246 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of teaming vs thawing
Shared letters: agint. Private to "teaming": em. Private to "thawing": hw.
"teaming" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "thawing" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "teaming" and "thawing" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "teaming" or "thawing"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "teaming" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "thawing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,246 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "teaming" and "thawing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thawing vs trawling". 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 #90,246 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.