abhorring
ab·horr·ing/æbˈhɔɹ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
abhorring is spelled A-B-H-O-R-R-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables (ab·horr·ing). It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abhorring means “Detestation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abhorring is abhorrings.
How many letters and syllables are in abhorring?
| Letters | 9: A-B-H-O-R-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ab·horr·ing |
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is abhorring?
Abhorring appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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 abhorring?
- /æbˈhɔɹ.ɪŋ/
Abhorring has 3 syllables, split ab·horr·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-abhorring.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of abhorring
- abhorrings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abhorring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Detestation.
- 2
A detested thing.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of abhor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does abhorring come from?
From abhor + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).