stippling
noun, verb
stippling is spelled S-T-I-P-P-L-I-N-G: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stippling means “A stippled pattern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stippling is stipplings.
How many letters and syllables are in stippling?
| Letters | 9: S-T-I-P-P-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 77,666th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is stippling?
Stippling appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of stippling
- stipplings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stippling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A stippled pattern.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of stipple
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stippling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a pattern:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | pontilhado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.