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“tolling” and “tossing” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,967
- “tolling” frequency rank
- #17,508
- “tossing” frequency rank
- 61475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tolling | tossing |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act by which a bell is tolled. | The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling. |
Letter map: tolling vs tossing
Shared letters muted; letters that set tolling and tossing apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. tolling and tossing follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: tolling and tossing
tolling and tossing 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 61475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tolling is recorded at frequency rank #43,967, classified as anoun. tossing is at rank #17,508, 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 61475, this pair ranks #94,041 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tolling vs tossing
Shared letters: ginot. Private to "tolling": l. Private to "tossing": s.
"tolling" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "tossing" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "tolling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tossing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,041 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tolling" and "tossing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toiling vs tolling". 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 #94,041 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.