Which to use
“tossing” and “touting” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,508
- “tossing” frequency rank
- #36,793
- “touting” frequency rank
- 54301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tossing | touting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling. | The act of one who touts. |
Letter map: tossing vs touting
Shared letters muted; letters that set tossing and touting apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Spelling & dictionary notes on tossing vs touting
tossing 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 54301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tossing is recorded at frequency rank #17,508, 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 54301, this pair ranks #142,148 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tossing vs touting
Shared letters: ginot. Private to "tossing": s. Private to "touting": u.
"tossing" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "touting" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tossing" and "touting" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tossing" or "touting"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tossing" and "touting".
- Full dictionary entry for "tossing" 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 #142,148 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tossing" 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 #142,148 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.