Which to use
“touting” is a noun and “trusting” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,793
- “touting” frequency rank
- #10,953
- “trusting” frequency rank
- 47746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | touting | trusting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act of one who touts. | present participle and gerund of trust |
Letter map: touting vs trusting
Shared letters muted; letters that set touting and trusting apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - touting and trusting
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: touting is anoun and trustingaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
touting is recorded at frequency rank #36,793, classified as anoun. trusting is at rank #10,953, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈtɹʌstɪŋ/.
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 47746, this pair ranks #199,606 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of touting vs trusting
Shared letters: gintu. Private to "touting": o. Private to "trusting": rs.
"touting" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "trusting" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "touting" and "trusting" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "touting" or "trusting" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "touting" and "trusting".
- Full dictionary entry for "touting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trusting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,606 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "touting" and "trusting" 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 #199,606 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.