Which to use
“waiting” is a verb and “walling” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #938
- “waiting” frequency rank
- #47,416
- “walling” frequency rank
- 48354
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | waiting | walling |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of wait | A group of walls. |
Letter map: waiting vs walling
Shared letters muted; letters that set waiting and walling apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for waiting / walling
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: waiting is averb and wallinganoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
waiting is recorded at frequency rank #938, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈweɪtɪŋ/. walling is at rank #47,416, 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 48354, this pair ranks #193,821 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of waiting vs walling
Shared letters: aginw. Private to "waiting": t. Private to "walling": l.
"waiting" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "walling" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "waiting" and "walling" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "waiting" vs "walling" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "waiting" vs "walling" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "waiting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "walling" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,821 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "waiting" and "walling" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "walling vs wallowing". 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 #193,821 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.