spilling

noun

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"spilling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“spilling” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,964. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,964
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.

Corpus desk

Index EN-spilling · spilling · English

spilling · rank #17,964 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,964
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH squeezing

Nearest frequency peer: squeezing (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “spilling”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “spilling” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

spilling vs spinning
75% similar
spilling vs swelling
75% similar
spilling vs Stirling
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for spilling
PropertyValue
Headwordspilling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,964
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “spilling”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).spillinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “squeezing” (#17,965), “spartan” (#17,962), “Soho” (#17,961). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “spilling” is #17,964. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around spilling, anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,964 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for spilling, with forms such as "psilling", "siplling", and "spililng". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "spinning", "swelling", "Stirling", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is spilling, spelled S-P-I-L-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.
  2. 2
    The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how spilling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Such a notion identified woman with breaches in boundaries, with lack of shape or definition, with openings and exudings and spillings forth.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psilling
  • siplling
  • spililng
  • spiling
  • spillign
  • spillingg
  • spillinng
  • spillnig
  • spliling
  • sppilling
  • sspilling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spilling - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

psilling2siplling2spililng2spiling1spillign2spillingg1spillinng1spillnig2
Edit distance from "spilling"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spilling"?
"spilling" is spelled S-P-I-L-L-I-N-G.
What does "spilling" mean?
As a noun, "spilling" means: The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.
What words are commonly confused with "spilling"?
"spilling" is commonly confused with "spinning", "swelling", "Stirling". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "spilling" come from?
"spilling" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "spilling", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

slippers#17,959scorpion#17,953scarcity#17,952sanitary#17,948

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

spartan11 variantsStraits11 variantssizable11 variantsshaming11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list