recoiling

noun

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"recoiling" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“recoiling” is uncommon English (frequency #95,331 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,331
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of something that recoils.

Corpus desk

Index EN-recoiling · recoiling · English

recoiling · rank #95,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,331
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH rebelliousness

Nearest frequency peer: rebelliousness (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “recoiling”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “recoiling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for recoiling
PropertyValue
Headwordrecoiling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “recoiling” in English

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).recoilingfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “rebelliousness” (#95,330), “reaver” (#95,329), “refi” (#95,335). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “recoiling” is #95,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

recoiling is uncommon English at frequency #95,331 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of something that recoils.".

recoiling has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is recoiling, spelled R-E-C-O-I-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of something that recoils.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. And as long as these inward Rejolts and Recoilings of the Mind continue (which they will certainly do for a considerable Part of a Man's Life) the Sinner will find his Accounts of Pleasure very poor and short […]

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

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"recoiling" is spelled R-E-C-O-I-L-I-N-G.
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As a noun, "recoiling" means: The act of something that recoils.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list