# culling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkʌlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #34,000

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of cull

## Easily confused with
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-curing)
- **cutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-cutting)
- **cycling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-cycling)
- **curling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-curling)
- **cunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-cunning)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-cursing)
- **cumming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-cumming)
- **curving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-curving)
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-cussing)
- **cupping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-cupping)
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cling-vs-culling)
- **Cullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cullen-vs-culling)
- **Collin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-culling)
- **calling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calling-vs-culling)
- **ceiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceiling-vs-culling)
- **Collins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collins-vs-culling)
- **cooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooling-vs-culling)
- **cabling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabling-vs-culling)
- **chilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chilling-vs-culling)
- **coupling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coupling-vs-culling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cculling`, `cluling`, `culilng`, `culing`, `cullign`, `cullingg`, `cullinng`, `cullnig`, `uclling`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/culling