fulfilling

noun

"fulfilling" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fulfilling” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,034
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fulfilment

Corpus desk

Index EN-fulfilling · fulfilling · English

fulfilling · rank #11,034 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,034
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH friction

Nearest frequency peer: friction (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “fulfilling”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “fulfilling” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fulfilling
PropertyValue
Headwordfulfilling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,034
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fulfilling” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).fulfillinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “friction” (#11,033), “funk” (#11,035), “fills” (#11,032). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around fulfilling, anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,034 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fulfilment".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for fulfilling, with forms such as "ffulfilling", "flufilling", and "fuflilling". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is fulfilling, spelled F-U-L-F-I-L-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    fulfilment

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fulfilling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Absolute promises have therefore a sufficiency in themselves to bring about their own fulfillings; the conditional have not so.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffulfilling
  • flufilling
  • fuflilling
  • fulffilling
  • fulfililng
  • fulfiling
  • fulfillign
  • fulfillingg
  • fulfillinng
  • fulfillnig
  • fulfliling
  • fuliflling
  • fullfilling
  • uflfilling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fulfilling - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffulfilling1flufilling2fuflilling2fulffilling1fulfililng2fulfiling1fulfillign2fulfillingg1
Edit distance from "fulfilling"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fulfilling"?
"fulfilling" is spelled F-U-L-F-I-L-L-I-N-G.
What does "fulfilling" mean?
As a noun, "fulfilling" means: fulfilment
What are common misspellings of "fulfilling"?
Common misspellings include "ffulfilling", "flufilling", "fuflilling", "fulffilling", "fulfililng". The correct spelling is "fulfilling".
What language does "fulfilling" come from?
"fulfilling" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fulfilling", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list