# shelling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈʃɛlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #23,097

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of shell

## Easily confused with
- **stealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-stealing)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-sterling)
- **spelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-spelling)
- **swelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-swelling)
- **smelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-smelling)
- **spilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-spilling)
- **stalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-stalling)
- **shilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-shilling)
- **smelting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-smelting)
- **shelving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-shelving)
- **shillings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-shillings)
- **spellings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-spellings)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-shelling)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sealing-vs-shelling)
- **shedding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shedding-vs-shelling)
- **shearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shearing-vs-shelling)
- **seedling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedling-vs-shelling)
- **sheeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheeting-vs-shelling)
- **schilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schilling-vs-shelling)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hselling`, `sehlling`, `shelilng`, `sheling`, `shellign`, `shellingg`, `shellinng`, `shellnig`, `shhelling`, `shleling`, `sshelling`

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