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spirling

spirling is the alternative spelling of sperling.

Meaning of sperling

Noun

sperling (plural sperlings)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
    Synonyms:
    sparling
  2. (US, dialectal, obsolete) A young herring.

See all 3 meanings of sperling

Forms of spirling

pluralspirlings

Questions about spirling

What is spirling the alternative spelling of?
Spirling is the alternative spelling of sperling.

Words near spirling in the dictionary

  1. spirketing
  2. spirketings
  3. spirkets
  4. spirketting
  5. spirkettings
  6. spirling
  7. spirlings
  8. spiro
  9. spiro compound
  10. spiro compounds
  11. spiro-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spirling (page history and authors); sperling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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