# waving vs Woking

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### waving
*verb · IPA /ˈweɪvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,479*
present participle and gerund of wave

### Woking
*name · frequency rank #43,474*
A town in the borough of Woking, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0058).

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