# reeling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹiːlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #25,898

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of reel

## Easily confused with
- **ruling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-ruling)
- **rolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-rolling)
- **resting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-resting)
- **renting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-renting)
- **rowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-rowling)
- **reusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-reusing)
- **revving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-revving)
- **rifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-rifling)
- **renewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-renewing)
- **Riesling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-riesling)
- **revealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-revealing)
- **retelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-retelling)
- **reading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-reeling)
- **railing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/railing-vs-reeling)
- **rearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rearing-vs-reeling)
- **Redding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-reeling)
- **reaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reaping-vs-reeling)
- **redline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redline-vs-reeling)
- **receding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receding-vs-reeling)
- **rebelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebelling-vs-reeling)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ereling`, `reeilng`, `reelign`, `reelingg`, `reelinng`, `reelling`, `reelnig`, `releing`, `reling`, `rreeling`

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