fouling
/ˈfaʊlɪŋ/
"fouling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fouling” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,811. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,811
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of foul
Corpus desk
Index EN-fouling · fouling · English
fouling · rank #32,811 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,811
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fortify
Nearest frequency peer: fortify (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “fouling”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- flagstaff
flagstaff
67,194 corpus weight
- fluidity
fluidity
67,193 corpus weight
- follies
follies
67,192 corpus weight
- fortify
fortify
67,191 corpus weight
- fouling
fouling
67,190 corpus weight
- frills
frills
67,188 corpus weight
What this shows “fouling” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fouling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fouling”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around fouling (IPA /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,811 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of foul".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fouling, with forms such as "ffouling", "foluing", and "fouilng". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fuming", "fusing", "fueling", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is fouling, spelled F-O-U-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of foul
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fouling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A new type of fouling point indicator is being tried out by the London Transport Executive. Until now the standard method of indicating the point nearest to a junction of two stabling roads where a train can stand without fouling the adjacent road has been by fixing the letters "FP" [fouling point] to the sleepers of the road concerned.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffouling
- foluing
- fouilng
- foulign
- foulingg
- foulinng
- foulling
- foulnig
- fuoling
- ofuling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fouling - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fouling", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).