# silencing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,248

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is silenced.
2. The prevention of the expression of a gene

## Common misspellings (14)
`islencing`, `sielncing`, `silecning`, `silenccing`, `silencign`, `silencingg`, `silencinng`, `silencnig`, `silenicng`, `silenncing`, `sillencing`, `silnecing`, `sliencing`, `ssilencing`

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