Which to use
“shilling” and “spilling” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,393
- “shilling” frequency rank
- #17,964
- “spilling” frequency rank
- 41357
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shilling | spilling |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling. | The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles. |
Letter map: shilling vs spilling
Shared letters muted; letters that set shilling and spilling apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Corpus notes: shilling and spilling
shilling and spilling are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - h in “shilling” becomes p in “spilling”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41357, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shilling is recorded at frequency rank #23,393, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/. spilling is at rank #17,964, 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 41357, this pair ranks #259,215 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of shilling vs spilling
Shared letters: gilns. Private to "shilling": h. Private to "spilling": p.
"shilling" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "spilling" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "shilling" vs "spilling" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "shilling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spilling" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #259,215 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shilling" and "spilling" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "schilling vs shilling". 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 #259,215 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.