ageing
/ˈeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
ageing is spelled A-G-E-I-N-G: 6 letters. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ageing means “Commonwealth, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of aging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ageing is ageings.
How many letters and syllables are in ageing?
| Letters | 6: A-G-E-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th 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 ageing?
Ageing appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th 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 ageing?
- /ˈeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_ageing.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-ageing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ageing
- ageings plural
- aging US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ageing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Commonwealth, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of aging.
adjective
- 1
UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of aging.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of age
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).