# seedling

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsiːdlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #39,551

## Definitions
1. A young plant grown from seed.
2. Any young plant, especially:
3. Any young plant, especially:

## Etymology
From seed + -ling.

## Easily confused with
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-seeing)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-selling)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-sending)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-seeking)
- **seeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-seeming)
- **seeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-seeping)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-stealing)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-sterling)
- **spelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-spelling)
- **settling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-settling)
- **speeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-speeding)
- **swelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-swelling)
- **smelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-smelling)
- **shedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-shedding)
- **shelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-shelling)
- **seething** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-seething)
- **sledding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-sledding)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sealing-vs-seedling)
- **seeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeding-vs-seedling)

## Common misspellings (12)
`esedling`, `sedeling`, `sedling`, `seeddling`, `seedilng`, `seedlign`, `seedlingg`, `seedlinng`, `seedlling`, `seedlnig`, `seelding`, `sseedling`

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