# recycling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #10,268

## Definitions
1. The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
2. Those materials culled for recycling.
3. Something made by recycling something else.

## Easily confused with
- **recalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recalling-vs-recycling)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ercycling`, `rceycling`, `reccycling`, `reccyling`, `recyccling`, `recycilng`, `recyclign`, `recyclingg`, `recyclinng`, `recyclling`, `recyclnig`, `recylcing`, `recyycling`, `reyccling`, `rrecycling`

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