# waving vs wooing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wooing
*verb · frequency rank #39,651*
present participle and gerund of woo

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