foiling
/ˈfɔɪlɪŋ/
"foiling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foiling” is uncommon English (frequency #67,456 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,456
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of foil
Corpus desk
Index EN-foiling · foiling · English
foiling · rank #67,456 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,456
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH FMV
Nearest frequency peer: FMV (-1 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 “foiling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- flapped
flapped
32,549 corpus weight
- FMV
FMV
32,546 corpus weight
- foiling
foiling
32,545 corpus weight
- forasmuch
forasmuch
32,544 corpus weight
- foreknowled…
foreknowledge
32,543 corpus weight
- fretboard
fretboard
32,541 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “foiling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foiling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈfɔɪlɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “foiling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
foiling is uncommon English at frequency #67,456 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈfɔɪlɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of foil".
No generated misspelling entries exist for foiling in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is foiling, spelled F-O-I-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of foil
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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