annulling

/əˈnʌlɪŋ/

//əˈnʌlɪŋ// verb

"annulling" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“annulling” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of annul

Corpus desk

Index EN-annulling · annulling · English

annulling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for annulling
PropertyValue
Headwordannulling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/əˈnʌlɪŋ/
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “annulling” in English

annullingfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

annulling is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈnʌlɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of annul".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for annulling, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is annulling, spelled A-N-N-U-L-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of annul

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "annulling"?
"annulling" is spelled A-N-N-U-L-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈnʌlɪŋ/.
What does "annulling" mean?
As a verb, "annulling" means: present participle and gerund of annul
How do you pronounce "annulling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "annulling" is /əˈnʌlɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "annulling" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list