attending
at·tend·ing/əˈtɛndɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
attending is spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables (at·tend·ing). It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, attending means “That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in attending?
| Letters | 9: A-T-T-E-N-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: at·tend·ing |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,224th 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 attending?
Attending appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th 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 attending?
- /əˈtɛndɪŋ/
Attending has 3 syllables, split at·tend·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-attending.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of attending
- attendings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does attending mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant.
- 2
Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
- 3
Attendant, concomitant.
noun
- 1
CanadaUSA physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
She's an attending in gastroenterology at Mass General.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of attend
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Attending in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.
Where does attending come from?
From attend + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).