# idling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #36,184

## Definitions
1. An idle period; something done idly.
2. The state of running at idle.

## Easily confused with
- **inning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/idling-vs-inning)
- **Irving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/idling-vs-irving)
- **inline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/idling-vs-inline)
- **inking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/idling-vs-inking)
- **inkling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/idling-vs-inkling)
- **icing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/icing-vs-idling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`diling`, `iddling`, `idilng`, `idlign`, `idlingg`, `idlinng`, `idlling`, `idlnig`, `ilding`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/idling