# spilling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,964

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

## Easily confused with
- **spinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-spinning)
- **swelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-swelling)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-stirling)
- **spitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-spitting)
- **spoiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-spoiling)
- **stalling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-stalling)
- **swirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-swirling)
- **stifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-stifling)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-spilling)
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smiling-vs-spilling)
- **sailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sailing-vs-spilling)
- **sibling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sibling-vs-spilling)
- **spiking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiking-vs-spilling)
- **spelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spelling-vs-spilling)
- **smelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelling-vs-spilling)
- **shelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelling-vs-spilling)
- **shilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shilling-vs-spilling)
- **shillings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shillings-vs-spilling)
- **schilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schilling-vs-spilling)
- **spellings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spellings-vs-spilling)

## Common misspellings (11)
`psilling`, `siplling`, `spililng`, `spiling`, `spillign`, `spillingg`, `spillinng`, `spillnig`, `spliling`, `sppilling`, `sspilling`

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