dulling
/ˈdʌlɪŋ/
"dulling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dulling” is an uncommon English word, ranked #84,189 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #84,189
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of dull
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dulling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈdʌlɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dulling” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dulling is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdʌlɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #84,189 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "present participle and gerund of dull".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dulling in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is dulling, spelled D-U-L-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of dull
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dulling”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-U-L-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdʌlɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.