Which to use
“warning” is a verb and “wording” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,564
- “warning” frequency rank
- #14,053
- “wording” frequency rank
- 16617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | warning | wording |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle of warn | A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context. |
Letter map: warning vs wording
Shared letters muted; letters that set warning and wording apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for warning / wording
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: warning is averb and wordinganoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
warning is recorded at frequency rank #2,564, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈwɔɹnɪŋ/. wording is at rank #14,053, 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 16617, this pair ranks #456,632 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of warning vs wording
Shared letters: ginrw. Private to "warning": a. Private to "wording": do.
"warning" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "wording" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "warning" for "wording" ever safe?
Which is more common, "warning" or "wording"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "warning" and "wording". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "warning" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wording" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #456,632 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "warning" and "wording" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "whoring vs wording". 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 #456,632 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.