foiling
/ˈfɔɪlɪŋ/
"foiling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foiling” is uncommon English (frequency #67,456 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,456
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of foil
| 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) |
Where “foiling” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
foiling is uncommon English at frequency #67,456 among 18,613 “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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Using “foiling”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-I-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɔɪlɪŋ/ (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.