# tailing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,442

## Definitions
1. The act of following someone.
2. The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
3. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
4. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

## Easily confused with
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-taking)
- **timing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-timing)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-taxing)
- **tiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tiring)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-taping)
- **tiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tiling)
- **talking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-talking)
- **telling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-telling)
- **tapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tapping)
- **tasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tasting)
- **tanning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tanning)
- **tilting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tilting)
- **tasking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tasking)
- **Tallinn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tallinn)
- **tanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tanking)
- **tolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tolling)
- **toiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-toiling)
- **training** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-training)
- **trailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-trailing)
- **tailings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-tailings)

## Common misspellings (10)
`atiling`, `taiilng`, `tailign`, `tailingg`, `tailinng`, `tailling`, `tailnig`, `taliing`, `tialing`, `ttailing`

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