# widening vs winning

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### widening
*adjective · IPA /ˈwaɪdənɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,386*
Growing wider or farther apart.

### winning
*verb · IPA /ˈwɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,132*
present participle and gerund of win

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