Which to use
“weighing” is a verb and “weighting” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,127
- “weighing” frequency rank
- #29,889
- “weighting” frequency rank
- 39016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | weighing | weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of weigh | The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier. |
Letter map: weighing vs weighting
Shared letters muted; letters that set weighing and weighting apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. weighing runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against weighting's 9 (CVVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - weighing and weighting
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: weighing is averb and weightinganoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
weighing is recorded at frequency rank #9,127, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈweɪ.ɪŋ/. weighting is at rank #29,889, 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 39016, this pair ranks #280,641 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of weighing vs weighting
Shared letters: eghinw. Private to "weighing": -. Private to "weighting": t.
"weighing" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "weighting" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "weighing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "weighting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,641 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "weighing" and "weighting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "weighing vs writhing". 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 #280,641 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.