annealing
/əˈniːlɪŋ/noun, verb
annealing is spelled A-N-N-E-A-L-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, annealing means “The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice to remove…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of annealing is annealings.
How many letters and syllables are in annealing?
| Letters | 9: A-N-N-E-A-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd 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 annealing?
Annealing appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 annealing?
- /əˈniːlɪŋ/
Annealing 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-annealing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of annealing
- annealings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does annealing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice to remove residual stress.
Without annealing, the quality of our metal products will diminish.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of anneal
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Annealing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of heating solid metal or glass:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | recuit |
| German | Glühen, tempern |
| Portuguese | recozimento |
| Spanish | recocido |
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.