arching
adjective, noun, verb
arching is an adjective meaning “Hogging, as opposed to sagging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-C-H-I-N-G and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does arching mean?
adjective
- 1
Hogging, as opposed to sagging.
- 2
Forming an arch.
noun
- 1
The arched part of a structure.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of arch
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce arching?
Arching 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).
Forms of arching
- archings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is arching?
Arching appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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).
Arching in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | arqueante, enarcante, arcante |
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.