affronting
/əˈfrəntɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
affronting is spelled A-F-F-R-O-N-T-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, affronting means “The offering of an affront” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of affronting is affrontings.
How many letters and syllables are in affronting?
| Letters | 10: A-F-F-R-O-N-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th 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 affronting?
Affronting appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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 affronting?
- /əˈfɹʌntɪŋ/
- US /əˈfrəntɪŋ/
Affronting 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)-Vealhurl-affronting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of affronting
- affrontings plural
- more affronting comparative
- most affronting superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does affronting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The offering of an affront.
adjective
- 1
Offensive, causing an affront.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of affront
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).