# sprinkling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,240

## Definitions
1. The action of the verb to sprinkle.
2. A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something.
3. A light shower of rain.
4. A scattering.

## Easily confused with
- **sprinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprinkling-vs-sprinting)
- **shrinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrinking-vs-sprinkling)
- **springing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springing-vs-sprinkling)

## Common misspellings (17)
`psrinkling`, `spirnkling`, `spprinkling`, `spriknling`, `sprinkilng`, `sprinkkling`, `sprinklign`, `sprinklingg`, `sprinklinng`, `sprinklling`, `sprinklnig`, `sprinlking`, `sprinnkling`, `sprnikling`, `sprrinkling`, `srpinkling`, `ssprinkling`

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