# tiling

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtaɪlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #34,723

## Definitions
1. A covering of tiles.
2. The act of applying tiles.
3. A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.
4. A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.

## Easily confused with
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-ting)
- **tying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-tying)
- **trying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-trying)
- **timing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-timing)
- **typing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-typing)
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-tuning)
- **tiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-tiring)
- **tubing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-tubing)
- **Turing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-turing)
- **toying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-toying)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-toning)
- **tipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-tipping)
- **tilting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-tilting)
- **tolling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-tolling)
- **toiling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-toiling)
- **trailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-trailing)
- **tingling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-tingling)
- **trifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiling-vs-trifling)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thing-vs-tiling)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-tiling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`itling`, `tiilng`, `tilign`, `tilingg`, `tilinng`, `tilling`, `tilnig`, `tliing`, `ttiling`

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