# wasting vs wishing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wasting
*verb · IPA /ˈweɪstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,018*
present participle and gerund of waste

### wishing
*noun · IPA /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,874*
gerund of wish (“the act of making a wish”)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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