Which to use
“thanking” is a noun and “thawing” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,649
- “thanking” frequency rank
- #43,414
- “thawing” frequency rank
- 58063
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thanking | thawing |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act by which thanks are given; thanks. | present participle and gerund of thaw |
Letter map: thanking vs thawing
Shared letters muted; letters that set thanking and thawing apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for thanking / thawing
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: thanking is anoun and thawingaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58063, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thanking is recorded at frequency rank #14,649, 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 58063, this pair ranks #115,079 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of thanking vs thawing
Shared letters: aghint. Private to "thanking": k. Private to "thawing": w.
"thanking" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "thawing" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "thanking" and "thawing" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "thanking" vs "thawing" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "thanking" vs "thawing" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "thanking" 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 #115,079 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "thanking" 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 #115,079 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.