aiming
/ˈeɪ.mɪŋ/noun, verb
aiming is spelled A-I-M-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, aiming means “The act of one who aims” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of aiming is aimings.
How many letters and syllables are in aiming?
| Letters | 6: A-I-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.8 times per million words; the 8,417th 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 aiming?
Aiming appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th 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 aiming?
- /ˈeɪ.mɪŋ/
Aiming 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)-Sapaa-aiming.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aiming
- aimings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aiming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of one who aims.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of aim
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of AIM
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).