peeling
/ˈpiːlɪŋ/
"peeling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peeling” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,313
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of removing the outer surface in strips.
Corpus desk
Index EN-peeling · peeling · English
peeling · rank #21,313 · 10 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,313
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH perched
Nearest frequency peer: perched (+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 “peeling”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- paternity
paternity
78,691 corpus weight
- patriarchal
patriarchal
78,690 corpus weight
- peeling
peeling
78,688 corpus weight
- perched
perched
78,687 corpus weight
- pitiful
pitiful
78,686 corpus weight
- plethora
plethora
78,684 corpus weight
What this shows “peeling” 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 | peeling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpiːlɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “peeling”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around peeling (IPA /ˈpiːlɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,313 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for peeling, with forms such as "epeling", "peeilng", and "peelign". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "piling", "Peking", "pulling", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is peeling, spelled P-E-E-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of removing the outer surface in strips.
- 2Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peeling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the culinary process, there are none of those peelings and washings as in the case of potatoes and turnips, […] none of those squeezings and mashings and choppings, before the worthless mess can be got upon the table.
She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epeling
- peeilng
- peelign
- peelingg
- peelinng
- peelling
- peelnig
- peleing
- peling
- ppeeling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peeling - 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.
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 "peeling", 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).