# swirling

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #23,411

## Definitions
1. that swirls

## Easily confused with
- **smiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smiling-vs-swirling)
- **sailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sailing-vs-swirling)
- **sibling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sibling-vs-swirling)
- **swimming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swimming-vs-swirling)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sterling-vs-swirling)
- **swinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swinging-vs-swirling)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirring-vs-swirling)
- **swelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swelling-vs-swirling)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stirling-vs-swirling)
- **spilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilling-vs-swirling)
- **shilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shilling-vs-swirling)
- **starling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starling-vs-swirling)
- **stifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifling-vs-swirling)
- **skirting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirting-vs-swirling)
- **snarling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snarling-vs-swirling)
- **smirking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smirking-vs-swirling)
- **swerving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swerving-vs-swirling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`siwrling`, `sswirling`, `swilring`, `swirilng`, `swirlign`, `swirlingg`, `swirlinng`, `swirlling`, `swirlnig`, `swirrling`, `swriling`, `swwirling`, `wsirling`

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