abating
/əˈbeɪtɪŋ/noun, verb
abating is spelled A-B-A-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abating means “Anesis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abating?
| Letters | 7: A-B-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is abating?
Abating appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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).
How do you pronounce abating?
- /əˈbeɪtɪŋ/
Abating has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-abating.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does abating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Anesis.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of abate
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abating.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).