# telling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtɛlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,288

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of tell

## Easily confused with
- **tiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-tiling)
- **testing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-testing)
- **texting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-texting)
- **tending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-tending)
- **tilting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-tilting)
- **tolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-tolling)
- **toiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-toiling)
- **trolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telling-vs-trolling)
- **tellin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tellin-vs-telling)
- **talking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talking-vs-telling)
- **tearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tearing-vs-telling)
- **teasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teasing-vs-telling)
- **teaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaming-vs-telling)
- **teeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeming-vs-telling)
- **Tallinn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tallinn-vs-telling)
- **tailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailing-vs-telling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`etlling`, `telilng`, `teling`, `tellign`, `tellingg`, `tellinng`, `tellnig`, `tleling`, `ttelling`

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