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How to spell dialing

Dialing is spelled D-I-A-L-I-N-G.

hear itdi·al·ing/'daɪəlɪŋ/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: Turning a control knob to select a setting.

In a sentence: She was dialing the radio knob slowly to find the broadcast.

The part people get wrong

In American English, the single l is not doubled before -ing.

Also spelled: dialling (accepted as correct).

Same family: dial, dialed, dials. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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