Which to use
“shilling” and “stalling” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,393
- “shilling” frequency rank
- #23,112
- “stalling” frequency rank
- 46505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shilling | stalling |
|---|---|---|
| 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 a person or thing that stalls. |
Letter map: shilling vs stalling
Shared letters muted; letters that set shilling and stalling apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Spelling & dictionary notes on shilling vs stalling
shilling and stalling 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46505, 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/. stalling is at rank #23,112, 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 46505, this pair ranks #211,126 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of shilling vs stalling
Shared letters: gilns. Private to "shilling": h. Private to "stalling": at.
"shilling" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "stalling" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "shilling" and "stalling".
- Full dictionary entry for "shilling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stalling" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #211,126 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shilling" and "stalling" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scalping vs stalling". 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 #211,126 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.