Which to use
“tolling” and “touting” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,967
- “tolling” frequency rank
- #36,793
- “touting” frequency rank
- 80760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tolling | touting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act by which a bell is tolled. | The act of one who touts. |
Letter map: tolling vs touting
Shared letters muted; letters that set tolling and touting apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Spelling & dictionary notes on tolling vs touting
tolling 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 80760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tolling is recorded at frequency rank #43,967, classified as anoun. 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 80760, this pair ranks #19,123 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tolling vs touting
Shared letters: ginot. Private to "tolling": l. Private to "touting": u.
"tolling" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "touting" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tolling" and "touting" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tolling" vs "touting" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "tolling" vs "touting" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tolling" 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 #19,123 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tolling" and "touting" 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 #19,123 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.