# selling

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɛlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,646

## Definitions
1. Action of the verb to sell.
2. Skill at salesmanship.

## Easily confused with
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sling)
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sewing)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-setting)
- **serving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-serving)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sending)
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-smiling)
- **sensing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sensing)
- **sibling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sibling)
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-styling)
- **sexting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sexting)
- **sulking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sulking)
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-stealing)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sterling)
- **spelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-spelling)
- **settling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-settling)
- **swelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-swelling)
- **smelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-smelling)
- **spilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-spilling)
- **shelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-shelling)
- **stalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-stalling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`eslling`, `selilng`, `seling`, `sellign`, `sellingg`, `sellinng`, `sellnig`, `sleling`, `sselling`

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