# wading vs wiping

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wading
*adjective · frequency rank #27,332*
Appropriate to wade in.

### wiping
*verb · IPA /ˈwaɪpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,388*
present participle and gerund of wipe

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wading-vs-wiping