concealing
con·ceal·ing/kənˈsilɪŋ/noun, verb
concealing is a noun meaning “Material, etc., that conceals something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-N-C-E-A-L-I-N-G and has 3 syllables (con·ceal·ing), and it appears 1.3 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of concealing is concealings.
What does concealing mean?
noun
- 1
gerund of conceal: an act of concealment.
- 2
Material, etc., that conceals something.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of conceal
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce concealing?
- UK /kənˈsiːlɪŋ/
- US /kənˈsilɪŋ/
Concealing has 3 syllables, split con·ceal·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of concealing
- concealings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is concealing?
Concealing appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does concealing come from?
From conceal + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).