dulling
/ˈdʌlɪŋ/
"dulling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dulling” is uncommon English (frequency #84,189 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,189
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of dull
Corpus desk
Index EN-dulling · dulling · English
dulling · rank #84,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,189
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dressler
Nearest frequency peer: Dressler (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “dulling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Donegan
Donegan
15,819 corpus weight
- dorf
dorf
15,816 corpus weight
- Dressler
Dressler
15,814 corpus weight
- dulling
dulling
15,812 corpus weight
- Dysart
Dysart
15,810 corpus weight
- Eastport
Eastport
15,806 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dulling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “dulling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dulling is uncommon English at frequency #84,189 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈdʌlɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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