aching
/ˈeɪ.kɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
aching is spelled A-C-H-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, aching means “That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in aching?
| Letters | 6: A-C-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th 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 aching?
Aching appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 aching?
- /ˈeɪ.kɪŋ/
Aching has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-aching.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aching
- more aching comparative
- most aching superlative
- achings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aching mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
noun
- 1
The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of ache
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aching in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense To suffer from a nagging ache:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.