adjusting
/əˈd͡ʒʌstɪŋ/noun, verb
adjusting is spelled A-D-J-U-S-T-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, adjusting means “Adjustment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of adjusting is adjustings.
How many letters and syllables are in adjusting?
| Letters | 9: A-D-J-U-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th 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 adjusting?
Adjusting appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th 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 adjusting?
- /əˈd͡ʒʌstɪŋ/
Adjusting 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-adjusting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of adjusting
- adjustings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adjusting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Adjustment.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of adjust
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).